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Is adhere a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word adhere is a Scrabble US word. The word adhere is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

A1D2H4E1R1E1

Is adhere a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word adhere is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

A1D2H4E1R1E1

Is adhere a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word adhere is a Words With Friends word. The word adhere is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1D2H3E1R1E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

ADHERE,HEADER,HEDERA,

5-letter words (8 found)

AREDE,DEARE,EARED,HARED,HEARD,HEARE,HEDER,RAHED,

4-letter words (24 found)

AHED,ARED,DARE,DEAR,DEER,DERE,DREE,EARD,EHED,ERED,HADE,HAED,HARD,HARE,HEAD,HEAR,HEED,HERD,HERE,RADE,READ,REDE,REED,RHEA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ARD,ARE,DAE,DAH,DEE,EAR,EDH,ERA,ERE,HAD,HAE,HER,RAD,RAH,RED,REE,REH,

2-letter words (14 found)

AD,AE,AH,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EH,ER,HA,HE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 67 words from adhere according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of adhere

adhere

Alternative forms

  • adhære (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English *adheren (suggested by Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)), from Latin adhaerēre, adhaesum: ad (“to”) + haerēre (“to stick”). Compare French adhérer.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ædˈhɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ædˈhɪɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

adhere (third-person singular simple present adheres, present participle adhering, simple past and past participle adhered)

  1. (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
    Synonyms: cleave, cling, stick; see also Thesaurus:adhere
    • December 23 2016, Victoria Neff in Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, The story of mistletoe
      Mistletoe is an evergreen perennial shrub that has female plants that produce white berries. These white berries are a favorite food of birds who help to reseed the sticky seeds that adhere to tree branches.
  2. (intransitive, figurative) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
    • December 13 2016, Secret aid worker, Secret aid worker: NGOs can be efficient, if it involves sacrificing staff
      But from then on, everything went full speed. A tight timeline was adhered to and it became clear that the organisation’s new direction saw no value in keeping or developing the talents it had previously hired.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.
  4. (intransitive, Scots law) To affirm a judgment.

Usage notes

  • The verb is intransitive but often takes the preposition "to".

Derived terms

Related terms

  • adherent
  • adherence
  • adhesive
  • cohere
  • deadhere
  • inhere

Translations

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Anagrams

  • Hardee, header, heared, hedera, rehead

Latin

Verb

adhērē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of adhēreō

Portuguese

Verb

adhere

  1. inflection of adherir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org