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

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

ARVEES,AVERSE,REAVES,

5-letter words (16 found)

ARVEE,AVERS,EASER,EAVES,ERASE,EREVS,RAVES,REAVE,SAREE,SAVER,SEARE,SERVE,SEVER,VARES,VEERS,VERSE,

4-letter words (30 found)

ARES,ARSE,AVER,AVES,EARS,EASE,EAVE,ERAS,ERES,EREV,EVER,EVES,RASE,RAVE,RAVS,REES,REVS,SAVE,SEAR,SEER,SERA,SERE,VAES,VARE,VARS,VASE,VEER,VEES,VERA,VERS,

3-letter words (25 found)

ARE,ARS,AVE,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERE,ERS,EVE,RAS,RAV,REE,RES,REV,SAE,SAR,SAV,SEA,SEE,SER,SEV,VAE,VAR,VAS,VEE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AR,AS,EA,EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from averse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of averse

averse

Etymology

From Latin aversus, past participle of avertere (“to avert”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Adjective

averse (comparative more averse, superlative most averse)

  1. Having a repugnance or opposition of mind.
    Synonyms: disliking, disinclined, fromward, unwilling, reluctant, loath
  2. Turned away or backward.
  3. (obsolete) Lying on the opposite side (to or from).
  4. (heraldry) Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.

Usage notes

  • The terms adverse and averse are sometimes confused, though their 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".
  • Averse from is an older form, corresponding to the modern averse to.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • avert
  • aversion

Translations

Verb

averse (third-person singular simple present averses, present participle aversing, simple past and past participle aversed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To turn away.

See also

  • adverse

References

  • “averse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Reaves, Seaver, Varese, as ever, re-save, reaves, resave

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vɛʁs/

Noun

averse f (plural averses)

  1. (of rain) shower, rainshower

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • avères, avérés

Latin

Adjective

āverse

  1. vocative masculine singular of āversus

Source: wiktionary.org