RECUR
What does "RECUR" mean?
To happen again, especially repeatedly or at intervals.
Meanings
- To occur again, especially periodically or repeatedly. The same nightmare would recur for months after the accident.
- To come back to the mind; to be thought of again. An old doubt recurred to her as she signed the lease. formal
Word origin
From Latin 'recurrere', 'to run back', from 're-' ('back, again') plus 'currere' ('to run'), the same root behind 'current' and 'cursor'.
Remember it
RE-CUR: a 're-run' that keeps running back to you, like a dog that won't stay gone.
A little poem
The fever breaks, then settles in again,
a tide that learned the shoreline as a home-
what leaves you knows the way back, and it comes.
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What it teaches
What you refuse to face does not vanish; it just learns to come back wearing a new mask.
Quick facts
What does RECUR mean?
To happen again, especially repeatedly or at intervals.
Is RECUR a valid word?
Yes — RECUR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is RECUR?
RECUR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does RECUR come from?
From Latin 'recurrere', 'to run back', from 're-' ('back, again') plus 'currere' ('to run'), the same root behind 'current' and 'cursor'.
What can RECUR teach us?
What you refuse to face does not vanish; it just learns to come back wearing a new mask.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.