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Is bizarre a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bizarre is a Scrabble US word. The word bizarre is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

B3I1Z10A1R1R1E1

Is bizarre a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bizarre is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

B3I1Z10A1R1R1E1

Is bizarre a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bizarre is a Words With Friends word. The word bizarre is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4I1Z10A1R1R1E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

BIZARRE,BRAZIER,

6-letter words (4 found)

BARRIE,BRAIZE,BRAZER,ZERIBA,

5-letter words (13 found)

AIRER,BAIZE,BARER,BARRE,BRAZE,BRIAR,BRIER,BRIZE,ERBIA,RAZER,REBAR,ZAIRE,ZEBRA,

4-letter words (19 found)

ABER,ABRI,BARE,BEAR,BIER,BIRR,BIZE,BRAE,BREI,BRER,BRIE,IZAR,RABI,RARE,RAZE,REAR,RIBA,RIZA,ZARI,

3-letter words (21 found)

AIR,ARB,ARE,BAE,BAR,BEZ,BIZ,BRA,BRR,EAR,ERA,ERR,IRE,RAI,REB,REI,REZ,RIA,RIB,RIZ,ZEA,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AI,AR,BA,BE,BI,EA,ER,RE,ZA,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from bizarre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bizarre

bizarre

Etymology

Borrowed from French bizarre (“odd, peculiar, bizarre”, formerly “headlong, angry”). Either from Basque bizar (“a beard”) (the notion being that bearded Spanish soldiers made a strange impression on the French), or from Italian bizzarro.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈzɑː(ɹ)/, /bəˈzɑː(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bɪˈzɑɹ/, /bəˈzɑɹ/
  • Homophone: bazaar (weak vowel merger)

Adjective

bizarre (comparative more bizarre or bizarrer, superlative most bizarre or bizarrest)

  1. Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

Usage notes

  • The comparative and superlative forms with more and most are predominant. The alternative superlative bizarrest is fairly common, whereas the comparative bizarrer is very rare.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “bizarre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “bizarre”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Brazier, brazier

Danish

Adjective

bizarre

  1. definite of bizar
  2. plural of bizar

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

bizarre

  1. inflection of bizar:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bizzarro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bi.zaʁ/
  • Rhymes: -aʁ

Adjective

bizarre (plural bizarres)

  1. bizarre, odd, strange, funny
  2. peculiar, quaint

Usage notes

  • Bizarre can mean "bizarre" but it is also used for strange situations that are less extreme than would be connoted by "bizarre" in English.

Synonyms

  • baroque
  • étrange
  • original
  • singulier

Related terms

  • bizarrement
  • bizarrerie

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • barriez

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

bizarre

  1. inflection of bizarr:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

bizarre (comparative plus bizarre, superlative le plus bizarre)

  1. bizarre

Source: wiktionary.org