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Is cinder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cinder is a Scrabble US word. The word cinder is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is cinder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cinder is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3I1N1D2E1R1

Is cinder a Words With Friends word?

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

C4I1N2D2E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

CINDER,CRINED,NERDIC,

5-letter words (8 found)

CIDER,CRIED,CRINE,DICER,DINER,DRICE,NICER,RICED,

4-letter words (24 found)

CEDI,CIDE,CINE,CIRE,CRED,DENI,DERN,DICE,DINE,DIRE,ERIC,ICED,ICER,IRED,NERD,NICE,NIDE,NIED,REIN,REND,RICE,RIDE,RIND,RINE,

3-letter words (19 found)

CID,DEI,DEN,DIE,DIN,END,ERN,ICE,IDE,IRE,NED,NID,NIE,REC,RED,REI,REN,RID,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DI,ED,EN,ER,ID,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 64 words from cinder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cinder

cinder

Alternative forms

  • sinder (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cinder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪndɚ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪndə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndə(ɹ)

Noun

cinder (plural cinders)

  1. Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.
  2. An ember.
  3. Slag from a metal furnace.
  4. (dated, colloquial) Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc.

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Verb

cinder (third-person singular simple present cinders, present participle cindering, simple past and past participle cindered)

  1. (transitive) To reduce to cinders.
  2. (transitive) To cover with cinders.
    We plan to cinder this path.

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See also

  • Cinderella
  • scoria

Anagrams

  • Nerdic, crined

Source: wiktionary.org