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Is climber a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word climber is a Scrabble US word. The word climber is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is climber a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word climber is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

CLIMBER,RECLIMB,

6-letter words (4 found)

CRIBLE,EMBLIC,LIMBEC,LIMBER,

5-letter words (9 found)

BIRLE,CLIMB,CLIME,CRIME,LIBER,MELIC,MERIL,MILER,RELIC,

4-letter words (37 found)

BERM,BICE,BIER,BILE,BIRL,BREI,BRIE,BRIM,CEIL,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CLEM,CREM,CRIB,CRIM,EMIC,EMIR,ERIC,ICER,LEIR,LICE,LIER,LIMB,LIME,LIRE,MERC,MERI,MERL,MICE,MILE,MIRE,RICE,RIEL,RIEM,RILE,RIME,

3-letter words (20 found)

BEL,CEL,ELM,ERM,ICE,IRE,LEI,LIB,LIE,MEL,MIB,MIC,MIL,MIR,REB,REC,REI,REM,RIB,RIM,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,BI,EL,EM,ER,LI,ME,MI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 82 words from climber according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of climber

climber

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklaɪmə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklaɪmɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: climb‧er

Etymology 1

From Middle English climber, clymber, clymbare (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) +‎ -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Noun

climber (plural climbers)

  1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
    1. (botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
      Synonym: creeper
    2. (cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
    3. (figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
      Synonym: social climber
    4. (ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
  2. Something that is used for climbing.
    1. (chiefly Canada) Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.
    2. (climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)
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Etymology 2

From climb +‎ -er (frequentative suffix); or a blend of climb +‎ clamber.

Verb

climber (third-person singular simple present climbers, present participle climbering, simple past and past participle climbered)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.

References

Further reading

  • climbing specialist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • climber (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Crimble, reclimb

Source: wiktionary.org