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Yes. The word adverse is a Scrabble US word. The word adverse is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is adverse a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word adverse is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

ADVERSE,EVADERS,

6-letter words (14 found)

AREDES,ARVEES,AVERSE,DEARES,DEAVES,ERASED,EVADER,EVADES,REAVED,REAVES,RESEDA,SEARED,SERVED,VERSED,

5-letter words (45 found)

AEDES,AREDE,ARSED,ARVEE,AVERS,DARES,DEARE,DEARS,DEAVE,DEERS,DEEVS,DERES,DERVS,DEVAS,DRAVE,DREES,EARDS,EARED,EASED,EASER,EAVED,EAVES,ERASE,EREVS,EVADE,RASED,RAVED,RAVES,READS,REAVE,REDES,REEDS,SARED,SAREE,SAVED,SAVER,SEARE,SEDER,SERED,SERVE,SEVER,VADES,VARES,VEERS,VERSE,

4-letter words (56 found)

ARDS,ARED,ARES,ARSE,AVER,AVES,DAES,DARE,DEAR,DEER,DEES,DEEV,DERE,DERV,DEVA,DEVS,DREE,EARD,EARS,EASE,EAVE,ERAS,ERED,ERES,EREV,EVER,EVES,RADE,RADS,RASE,RAVE,RAVS,READ,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REVS,SADE,SARD,SAVE,SEAR,SEED,SEER,SERA,SERE,VADE,VAES,VARE,VARS,VASE,VEER,VEES,VERA,VERD,VERS,

3-letter words (36 found)

ADS,ARD,ARE,ARS,AVE,DAE,DAS,DEE,DEV,EAR,EAS,EDS,ERA,ERE,ERS,EVE,RAD,RAS,RAV,RED,REE,RES,REV,SAD,SAE,SAR,SAV,SEA,SED,SEE,SER,SEV,VAE,VAR,VAS,VEE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AD,AE,AR,AS,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 166 words from adverse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of adverse

adverse

Etymology

First attested around 1374, from Old French avers (French adverse), from Latin adversus (“turned against”), past participle of advertere, from ad- (“to”) + vertere (“to turn”). See also versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/, /ədˈvɜ(ɹ)s/
  • Rhymes: -ɜ(ɹ)s

Adjective

adverse (comparative more adverse or (rare or nonstandard) adverser, superlative most adverse or (rare or nonstandard) adversest)

  1. Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
    adverse criticism
    adverse weather
  2. Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
  3. (not comparable) Opposite; confronting.

Usage notes

Adverse is sometimes confused with averse, though the meanings are somewhat different. Adverse most often refers to things, denoting something that is in opposition to someone's interests — something one might refer to as an adversity or adversary — (adverse winds; an attitude adverse to our ideals). Averse usually refers to people, and implies one has a distaste, disinclination, or aversion toward something (a leader averse to war; an investor averse to risk taking). Averse is most often used with "to" in a construction like "I am averse to…". Adverse shows up less often in this type of construction, describing a person instead of a thing, and should carry a meaning of "actively opposed to" rather than "has an aversion to".

Antonyms

  • proverse

Derived terms

Related terms

  • adversary
  • adversative
  • adversity
  • versus

Translations

See also

  • averse

Anagrams

  • Deavers, Deveras, aversed, dreaves, evaders, re-saved, resaved, veredas

French

Etymology

From Latin adversus (“against, opposite”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverse (plural adverses)

  1. adverse

Further reading

  • “adverse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • déversa

Latin

Participle

adverse

  1. vocative masculine singular of adversus

References

  • “adverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

adverse

  1. inflection of adversar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org