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Is avert a Scrabble word?

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

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Is avert a Scrabble UK word?

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

A1V4E1R1T1

Is avert a Words With Friends word?

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

A1V5E1R1T1

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5-letter words (3 found)

AVERT,TAVER,TRAVE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ARET,AVER,RATE,RAVE,TARE,TEAR,VARE,VERA,VERT,

3-letter words (20 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,AVE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,RAT,RAV,RET,REV,TAE,TAR,TAV,TEA,VAE,VAR,VAT,VET,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from avert according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of avert

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Definitions and meaning of avert

avert

Etymology

From Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, present active infinitive of āvertō, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈvɝt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈvɜːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Verb

avert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)

  1. (transitive) To turn aside or away.
  2. (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
    Synonym: forestall
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To turn away.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

  • averter (agent noun: epicene or masculine)
  • avertress (agent noun: feminine)

Translations

References

  • “avert”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Trave, tarve, trave

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to aperto, from Latin apertus. Compare French ouvert.

Adjective

avert

  1. open (not closed)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • aviert (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)

Etymology

From Latin apertus.

Adjective

avert m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) open

Related terms

  • avrir

Source: wiktionary.org