Transit
/ˈtɹæn.sɪt/
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts7 letters
Definition of Transit
noun
- The act of passing over, across, or through something.
- The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance.
"the transit of goods through a country"
- The passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body.
- A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles.
- An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit.
verb
- To pass over, across or through something.
- To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction.
- To make a transit.
- To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge.
Anagrams of Transit
No exact anagrams found for "transit". This word has a unique letter combination.
Letter Values
t1
r1
a1
n1
s1
i1
t1
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Transit"
Transit is a 7-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Transit" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "transit" is a low-scoring word.