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Is chair a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chair is a Scrabble US word. The word chair is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is chair a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chair is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3H4A1I1R1

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5-letter words (2 found)

ARCHI,CHAIR,

4-letter words (8 found)

ARCH,CHAI,CHAR,CHIA,CRIA,HAIR,RACH,RICH,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACH,AHI,AIR,ARC,CAR,CHA,CHI,HIC,ICH,RAH,RAI,RIA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AH,AI,AR,CH,HA,HI,

You can make 28 words from chair according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chair

chair hcair cahir achir hacir ahcir chiar hciar cihar ichar hicar ihcar caihr acihr ciahr icahr aichr iachr haicr ahicr hiacr ihacr aihcr iahcr chari hcari cahri achri hacri ahcri chrai hcrai crhai rchai hrcai rhcai carhi acrhi crahi rcahi archi rachi harci ahrci hraci rhaci arhci rahci chira hcira cihra ichra hicra ihcra chria hcria crhia rchia hrcia rhcia cirha icrha criha rciha ircha richa hirca ihrca hrica rhica irhca rihca cairh acirh ciarh icarh aicrh iacrh carih acrih craih rcaih arcih racih cirah icrah criah rciah ircah ricah airch iarch arich raich irach riach hairc ahirc hiarc iharc aihrc iahrc haric ahric hraic rhaic arhic rahic hirac ihrac hriac rhiac irhac rihac airhc iarhc arihc raihc irahc riahc

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

Definitions and meaning of chair

chair

Alternative forms

  • chur (Bermuda)

Etymology

From Middle English chayer, chaire, chaiere, chaere, chayre, chayere, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses. Doublet of cathedra and chaise.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛɚ/
  • (dialectal or obsolete) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: chare

Noun

chair (plural chairs)

  2. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
  4. (often with definite article, also written Chair) Clipping of chairperson.
  6. (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
  8. (rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
  10. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
  12. (informal, with the) Ellipsis of electric chair (“device used for performing execution”).
  14. (education) A distinguished professorship at a university.
  16. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
  18. The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Assamese: চেয়াৰ (sear)
  • → Bengali: চেয়ার (ceẏar), চ্যার (cêr)
  • → Odia: ଚେଆର୍ (cear), ଚିୟାର୍ (ciyar), ଚିଆର (ciarô)
  • Tok Pisin: sea, sia
  • → Tongan: sea

Translations

Verb

chair (third-person singular simple present chairs, present participle chairing, simple past and past participle chaired)

  2. (transitive) To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
  4. (transitive) To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
  6. (transitive, Wales, UK) To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • Archi, Chira, archi-

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chair, char, from Old French char, charn (earlier carn), from Latin carnem, from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *(s)ker-. Doublet of carne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛʁ/
  • Homophones: chaire, chaires, chairs, cher, chers, chère, chères, cherres
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

chair f (plural chairs)

  1. flesh

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Swedish: skär

Further reading

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

Gallo

Verb

chair

  1. Alternative form of chaeir

Manx

Adjective

chair

  1. Lenited form of cair.

Noun

chair f

  1. Lenited form of cair.

Mutation

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • char

Etymology

From Old French char, charn, from Latin carnem, accusative singular of carō.

Noun

chair f (plural chairs)

  1. flesh

Descendants

  • French: chair

Old French

Verb

chair

  1. Alternative form of cheoir

Source: wiktionary.org