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Is author a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word author is a Scrabble US word. The word author is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is author a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word author is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

A1U1T1H4O1R1

Is author a Words With Friends word?

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

A1U2T1H3O1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

AUTHOR,

5-letter words (2 found)

ROUTH,TORAH,

4-letter words (27 found)

AUTO,HARO,HART,HAUT,HOAR,HORA,HOUR,HOUT,HURT,OATH,OUTA,RATH,RATO,RATU,ROTA,ROUT,RUTH,TAHR,TARO,THAR,THOU,THRO,THRU,TORA,TOUR,TROU,URAO,

3-letter words (23 found)

ART,HAO,HAT,HOA,HOT,HUT,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORT,OUR,OUT,RAH,RAT,RHO,ROT,RUT,TAO,TAR,TAU,THO,TOR,UTA,

2-letter words (13 found)

AH,AR,AT,HA,HO,OH,OR,OU,TA,TO,UH,UR,UT,

You can make 66 words from author according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of author

author

Alternative forms

  • aucthor, aucthour, auctor, auctour, auctoure, authour, authoure, autor, autour, autoure (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also found in Middle French autheur, is unetymological as there is no h in the original Latin spelling. The OED attributes the h to contamination by authentic. Doublet of auteur.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.θə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.θɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.θɚ/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈɒː.təɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːθə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: au‧thor

Noun

author (plural authors)

  1. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
  2. Someone who writes books for a living.
  3. (obsolete, criminal law) Principal; the primary participant in a crime.
  4. (obsolete) One's authority for something: an informant.

Synonyms

  • (creator of a work): bookwright, creator, artist, subcreator, fabulator, writer

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Verb

author (third-person singular simple present authors, present participle authoring, simple past and past participle authored)

  1. (chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.

Derived terms

  • authorable

Translations

Anagrams

  • Hotaru

Latin

Etymology

Late variant of auctor and author under influence of descendants such as English author.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.tʰor/, [ˈäu̯t̪ʰɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.tor/, [ˈäːu̯t̪or]

Noun

author m (genitive authōris); third declension

  1. (New Latin, proscribed) Alternative form of auctor: source, creator, vendor, author, artist.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “author”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    “auctor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • auctor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 184f..

Middle English

Noun

author

  1. Alternative form of auctour

Source: wiktionary.org