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Yes. The word afear is a Scrabble US word. The word afear is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word afear is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

AFEAR,

4-letter words (5 found)

AFAR,AREA,FARE,FEAR,FRAE,

3-letter words (11 found)

ARE,ARF,EAR,ERA,ERF,FAA,FAE,FAR,FER,FRA,REF,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AE,AR,EA,EF,ER,FA,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 27 words from afear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of afear

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Definitions and meaning of afear

afear

Alternative forms

  • affear

Etymology

From Middle English aferen (to frighten, terrify), from Old English āfǣran (to terrify, dismay), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (to frighten; to devour, raven), from fǣr (sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (danger), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (to try, dare, risk).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

afear (third-person singular simple present afears, present participle afearing, simple past and past participle afeared)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify.

Derived terms

  • afeard

Anagrams

  • afare

Spanish

Etymology

From feo (ugly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /afeˈaɾ/ [a.feˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧fe‧ar

Verb

afear (first-person singular present afeo, first-person singular preterite afeé, past participle afeado)

  1. (transitive) to make ugly; to uglify
    Antonym: embellecer
  2. (transitive) to criticize, denounce
    Synonyms: recriminar, tachar

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Further reading

  • “afear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org