evert

Meanings

Noun

United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954)

Verb

turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward
- "evert the eyelid"
To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
To move (someone or something) out of the way.
To turn upside down; to overturn.
To disrupt; to overthrow.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin ēvertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vertō (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

Synonyms

Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie Evert

Scrabble Score: 8

evert is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
evert is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
evert is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

evert is a valid Words With Friends word