wright
Meanings
Plural: wrights
Noun
- United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
- United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)
- United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912)
- United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)
- influential United States architect (1869-1959)
- United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
- someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)
- A builder or maker of something.
Verb
- Misspelling of write.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker, maker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (as in *wurkijan). Cognate with wrought, dated Dutch wrecht, work.
Synonyms
Fanny Wright, Frances Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Orville Wright, Richard Wright, S. S. Van Dine, Wilbur Wright, Willard Huntington Wright
Scrabble Score: 13
wright is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordwright is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wright is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary