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Is bier a Scrabble word?

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

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Is bier a Scrabble UK word?

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

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4-letter words (3 found)

BIER,BREI,BRIE,

3-letter words (4 found)

IRE,REB,REI,RIB,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,BI,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from bier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bier

bier iber beir ebir iebr eibr bire ibre brie rbie irbe ribe beri ebri brei rbei erbi rebi ierb eirb ireb rieb erib reib

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bier. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bier.

Definitions and meaning of bier

bier

Etymology

From Middle English beer, beere, bere, from Old English bēr, (West Saxon) bǣr (“stretcher, bier”), from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”). More at bear.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɪɚ/
  • Homophone: beer
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

bier (plural biers)

  1. A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.
  2. A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.
  3. A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woollen cloth.

Translations

References

Further reading

  • bier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Brie, brie, rebi

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bir/, [biːr]

Noun

bier (plural biere, diminutive biertjie)

  1. beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)
  2. (countable) a serving of beer

Derived terms

  • bierbottel
  • bierglas

Breton

Etymology

From Dutch bier, from Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ (“beer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːɛr/

Noun

bier m

  1. beer

Danish

Noun

bier c

  1. indefinite plural of bi

Verb

bier

  1. present of bie

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bier, from Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bir/, [biːr]
  • Hyphenation: bier
  • Rhymes: -ir

Noun

bier n (plural bieren, diminutive biertje n)

  1. (uncountable) beer (alcoholic drink brewed from grains or other starch material)
  2. (countable, usually in the diminutive) a serving of beer
  3. (countable) a variety of beer

Synonyms

  • gerstenat

Derived terms

- beer types

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: bier
  • Negerhollands: bier
  • → Breton: bier
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: bir
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bir
  • → Malay: bir
    • Indonesian: bir
  • → Japanese: ビール (bīru)
    • → Hakka: 啤露 (pi-lú)
    • → Hokkien: 米魯／米鲁 (bì-lù / bì-luh / bih-luh)
    • → Korean: 비르 (bireu)
    • → Jeju: 비르 (bireu)
  • → Javanese: bir
  • → Sranan Tongo: biri
    • Aukan: bii
    • Saramaccan: bíi
    • → Kari'na: biri

Anagrams

  • brei

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bier, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

bier n

  1. beer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: bier (see there for further descendants)
    • Afrikaans: bier
  • Limburgish: beer
  • → Middle French: biere (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • “bier”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bier”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bier m or f

  1. indefinite plural of bie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bier f

  1. indefinite plural of bie

Vilamovian

Etymology

See bjēr

Pronunciation

Noun

bier f (plural biern)

  1. berry

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biə̯r/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian biār, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą.

Noun

bier n (plural bieren, diminutive bierke)

  1. beer
Further reading
  • “bier (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian bēre, from Proto-West Germanic *bāru.

Noun

bier n (plural bieren)

  1. A bier (litter).
Further reading
  • “bier (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org