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Is bother a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bother is a Scrabble US word. The word bother is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is bother a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bother is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is bother a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bother is a Words With Friends word. The word bother is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOTHER,

5-letter words (5 found)

BERTH,BROTH,OTHER,THROB,THROE,

4-letter words (17 found)

BETH,BOET,BORE,BORT,BOTE,BOTH,HERB,HERO,HOER,HORE,HOTE,ROBE,ROHE,ROTE,TEHR,THRO,TORE,

3-letter words (27 found)

BET,BOH,BOR,BOT,BRO,ETH,HER,HET,HOB,HOE,HOT,OBE,ORB,ORE,ORT,REB,REH,REO,RET,RHO,ROB,ROE,ROT,THE,THO,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

BE,BO,EH,ER,ET,HE,HO,OB,OE,OH,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from bother according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bother

bother

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒðə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) enPR: bŏʹ-thər IPA(key): /ˈbɑðɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒðə(ɹ)

Verb

bother (third-person singular simple present bothers, present participle bothering, simple past and past participle bothered)

  1. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
    Synonyms: annoy, disturb, inconvenience, irritate, put out, vex; see also Thesaurus:annoy
  2. (intransitive or reflexive) To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
    Synonyms: care, mind; see also Thesaurus:care
  3. (intransitive, catenative) To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
    Synonyms: go to the trouble, take the trouble
    1. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Usage notes

  • In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Descendants

  • →⇒ Irish: badráil
  • → Jersey Dutch: boddere

Translations

Noun

bother (countable and uncountable, plural bothers)

  1. Fuss, ado.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion
    There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
  2. Trouble, inconvenience.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nuisance
    Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.

Translations

Interjection

bother!

  1. A mild expression of annoyance.
    • 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
      "Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back."
      "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
      "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"

Synonyms

  • botheration, blast, dang (US), darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticks

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Anagrams

  • Hobert, boreth

Source: wiktionary.org