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Is choir a Scrabble word?

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

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Is choir a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3H4O1I1R1

Is choir a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word choir is a Words With Friends word. The word choir is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

CHIRO,CHOIR,ICHOR,

4-letter words (4 found)

COIR,HORI,RICH,ROCH,

3-letter words (10 found)

CHI,COR,HIC,HOC,HOI,ICH,OCH,ORC,RHO,ROC,

2-letter words (7 found)

CH,HI,HO,IO,OH,OI,OR,

You can make 24 words from choir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of choir

choir hcoir cohir ochir hocir ohcir chior hcior cihor ichor hicor ihcor coihr ocihr ciohr icohr oichr iochr hoicr ohicr hiocr ihocr oihcr iohcr chori hcori cohri ochri hocri ohcri chroi hcroi crhoi rchoi hrcoi rhcoi corhi ocrhi crohi rcohi orchi rochi horci ohrci hroci rhoci orhci rohci chiro hciro cihro ichro hicro ihcro chrio hcrio crhio rchio hrcio rhcio cirho icrho criho rciho ircho richo hirco ihrco hrico rhico irhco rihco coirh ocirh ciorh icorh oicrh iocrh corih ocrih croih rcoih orcih rocih ciroh icroh crioh rcioh ircoh ricoh oirch iorch orich roich iroch rioch hoirc ohirc hiorc ihorc oihrc iohrc horic ohric hroic rhoic orhic rohic hiroc ihroc hrioc rhioc irhoc rihoc oirhc iorhc orihc roihc irohc riohc

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

Definitions and meaning of choir

choir

Alternative forms

  • quire (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and Modern French chœur, making it the only English word where the digraph oi is pronounced /waɪ/. Doublet of chorus and hora.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kwaɪə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kwaɪɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: quire

Noun

choir (plural choirs)

  1. A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
  2. (architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
  3. (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
  4. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • choral
  • chorus
  • quire

Translations

Verb

choir (third-person singular simple present choirs or quires, present participle choiring or quiring, simple past and past participle choired or quired)

  1. (intransitive) To sing in concert.

Anagrams

  • chiro, chiro-, chori, ichor, orchi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cheoir, from Old French cheoir, from older chedeir, from Late Latin cadēre, from Latin cadĕre, from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃwaʁ/
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

choir (defective) (past participle chu)

  1. (literary) to fall
    Synonym: tomber

Conjugation

This is a defective verb, only conjugated in certain tenses.

Derived terms

  • chute
  • déchoir
  • échoir
  • méchoir
  • rechoir

Further reading

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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xɛɾʲ]

Noun

choir m

  1. Lenited form of coir.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxo.ɨrʲ]

Adjective

choïr

  1. Lenited form of coïr.

Source: wiktionary.org