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Is carr a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1R1R1

Is carr a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1R1

Is carr a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carr is a Words With Friends word. The word carr is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1R1

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4-letter words (1 found)

CARR,

3-letter words (2 found)

ARC,CAR,

2-letter words (1 found)

AR,

You can make 4 words from carr according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of carr

carr acrr crar rcar arcr racr carr acrr crar rcar arcr racr crra rcra crra rcra rrca rrca arrc rarc arrc rarc rrac rrac

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

Definitions and meaning of carr

carr

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹ/
  • Homophones: car, Carr, Karr
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.

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Noun

carr (plural carrs)

  1. A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
  2. A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

carr (plural carrs)

  1. Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).

Etymology 3

From Old Northumbrian.

Noun

carr (plural carrs)

  1. (Northumberland Dialect) rock

Anagrams

  • ACRR

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cárr (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish carr (“cart, waggon”), from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Nowadays reinforced over its synonym gluaisteán through influence of English car.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /kɑːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kaːɾˠ/

Noun

carr m (genitive singular cairr, nominative plural carranna)

  1. car (automobile)
  2. cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (car, automobile): gluaisteán
  • (cart): féan

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology

From Celtic, perhaps from Old Welsh carrecc, from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑrr/, [kɑrˠ]

Noun

carr m

  1. (Northumbrian) stone, rock

Declension

Derived terms

  • stāncarr

Descendants

  • Middle English: *carr
    • English: carr (dialectal)

Source: wiktionary.org