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Is afore a Scrabble word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

AFORE,

4-letter words (10 found)

AERO,AFRO,FARE,FARO,FEAR,FORA,FORE,FRAE,FROE,ORFE,

3-letter words (20 found)

ARE,ARF,EAR,ERA,ERF,FAE,FAR,FER,FOE,FOR,FRA,FRO,OAF,OAR,ORA,ORE,ORF,REF,REO,ROE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,EA,EF,ER,FA,FE,OE,OF,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from afore according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of afore

afore faore aofre oafre foare ofare afroe faroe arfoe rafoe fraoe rfaoe aorfe oarfe arofe raofe orafe roafe forae ofrae froae rfoae orfae rofae afoer faoer aofer oafer foaer ofaer afeor faeor aefor eafor feaor efaor aoefr oaefr aeofr eaofr oeafr eoafr foear ofear feoar efoar oefar eofar afreo fareo arfeo rafeo fraeo rfaeo afero faero aefro eafro fearo efaro arefo raefo aerfo earfo reafo erafo freao rfeao ferao efrao refao erfao aoref oaref aroef raoef oraef roaef aoerf oaerf aeorf eaorf oearf eoarf areof raeof aerof earof reaof eraof oreaf roeaf oeraf eoraf reoaf eroaf forea ofrea froea rfoea orfea rofea foera ofera feora efora oefra eofra freoa rfeoa feroa efroa refoa erfoa orefa roefa oerfa eorfa reofa erofa

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Definitions and meaning of afore

afore

Alternative forms

  • affor (obsolete)
  • avore (obsolete, poetic)

Etymology

From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- +‎ fore.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈfɔɹ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈfɔː/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈfo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈfoə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Adverb

afore (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialect) Before.
  2. (nautical) In the fore part of a ship.

Preposition

afore

  1. Before; in advance of the time of.
  2. Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.

Conjunction

afore

  1. In advance of the time when; before.

Derived terms

  • afore-
  • afore-enumerated
  • afore-explained
  • aforeness

Anagrams

  • Faroe, e-fora

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • affor, affore, afor, a-fore, avore

Etymology

From Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- +‎ fore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈfɔːr(ə)/

Adverb

afore

  1. before; afore

Preposition

afore

  1. before; afore: in advance of the time of
    • c. 1370–1450, Laurence de Premierfait, Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes, as quoted in Lydgate's Fall of Princes (1923, The Carnegie Institution of Washington):
  2. before; afore: situated geographically or metaphorically in front of
    • 1399, Rich. Redeless IV, 72

Conjunction

afore

  1. before; afore: in advance of the time when

Descendants

  • English: afore
  • Scots: afore
  • Yola: avar, avare

References

  • “afōre, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Verb

afore

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

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- +‎ fore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈfoːr/

Adverb

afore (not comparable)

  1. (of place) before, in front
  2. (of time) before, previously, in advance

Preposition

afore

  1. (of place) before, in front of
  2. (of time) before

Conjunction

afore

  1. (of place) before, rather than

References

  • “afore, adv., prep., conj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
  • Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Spanish

Verb

afore

  1. inflection of aforar (“to gauge, to measure”):
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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