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Yes. The word argue is a Scrabble US word. The word argue is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word argue is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

ARGUE,AUGER,RUGAE,

4-letter words (13 found)

AGER,AGUE,AREG,GARE,GAUR,GEAR,GRUE,GUAR,RAGE,RAGU,RUGA,UREA,URGE,

3-letter words (18 found)

AGE,ARE,AUE,EAR,EAU,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAR,GAU,GER,GUE,GUR,RAG,REG,RUE,RUG,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AG,AR,EA,ER,GU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 44 words from argue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of argue

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Definitions and meaning of argue

argue

Etymology

From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse), q.v. for more. Displaced native Old English flītan and reċċan.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡjuː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡju

Verb

argue (third-person singular simple present argues, present participle arguing, simple past and past participle argued)

  1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
  2. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
  3. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
  4. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • argument
  • argumentative
  • argumentation

Translations

Further reading

  • “argue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “argue”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Auger, Gauer, Graue, auger, augre, rugae

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *arganum (capstan), variation of organum (instrument, tool).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.ɡə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈaɾ.ɣe]

Noun

argue m (plural argues)

  1. winch, windlass

Related terms

  • arganell
  • àrguens
  • òrgan

Further reading

  • “argue” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • 丫撬 (aa1 giu4)

Etymology

From English argue. Doublet of 拗撬 (aau3 giu6).

Pronunciation

Verb

argue

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to argue
    • 我唔敢同佢argue [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      From: 2021, Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese, Recontextualisation and advocacy in the translation zone, Text & Talk, volume 41, number 1, page 14
      ngo5 m4 gam2 tung4 keoi5 aa1 giu4 gaa3 [Jyutping]
      I don't dare argue with him

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.ɡy/

Verb

argue

  1. inflection of arguer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • auger, Auger
  • urgea

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡu.e/, [ˈärɡuɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡu.e/, [ˈärɡue]

Verb

argue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of arguō

Source: wiktionary.org