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

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5-letter words (1 found)

AWARE,

4-letter words (4 found)

AREA,AREW,WARE,WEAR,

3-letter words (9 found)

ARE,AWA,AWE,EAR,ERA,RAW,REW,WAE,WAR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AE,AR,AW,EA,ER,EW,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from aware according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of aware

aware

English

Etymology

From Middle English aware, iwar, iware, ywar, from Old English ġewær (“aware”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawar, from Proto-Germanic *waraz (“aware, cautious”), from Proto-Indo-European *worós (“attentive”), from *wer- (“to heed; watch out”). Cognate with Dutch gewaar, German gewahr, Swedish var, Icelandic varr.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈwɛɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈwɛə/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /əˈweːɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: aware

Adjective

aware (comparative more aware or awarer, superlative most aware or awarest)

  1. Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
  2. Conscious or having knowledge of something; awake.

Synonyms

  • (on one's guard): wary, watchful, sensitive, alert, attentive, observant
  • (conscious of something): apprised, informed, cognizant, conscious, mindful

Antonyms

  • unaware

Derived terms

Related terms

  • wary
  • beware

Translations

Verb

aware (third-person singular simple present awares, present participle awaring, simple past and past participle awared)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make (someone) aware of something.

Japanese

Romanization

aware

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あわれ

Kari'na

Etymology

From Cariban languages compare Trió aware, Wayana awale, Akawaio aware, Pemon aware, Ye'kwana yawade / dhawade, and from non-Cariban languages compare Lokono jaware, Sranan Tongo awari, Yanomamö aware.

Pronunciation

  • (Venezuela) IPA(key): [aβaːɺ̢e]
  • (West Suriname) IPA(key): [aʋaːɺ̢e]
  • (East Suriname) IPA(key): [awaːɺ̢e]

Noun

aware (possessed jawarery)

  1. the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis
  2. used as a strong insult when applied to people

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aware”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 122; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[2], Paris, 1956, page 122

Yanomamö

Etymology

Compare Kari'na aware, Trió aware, Wayana awale, Akawaio aware, Pemon aware, Ye'kwana yawade / dhawade, Lokono jaware, Sranan Tongo awari.

Noun

aware

  1. the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis

Source: wiktionary.org