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Is confer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word confer is a Scrabble US word. The word confer is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3O1N1F4E1R1

Is confer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word confer is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3O1N1F4E1R1

Is confer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word confer is a Words With Friends word. The word confer is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1N2F4E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

CONFER,

5-letter words (5 found)

CRONE,FORCE,FREON,ONCER,RECON,

4-letter words (17 found)

CERO,CONE,CONF,CORE,CORF,CORN,CRON,FERN,FOEN,FONE,FORE,FROE,ONCE,ONER,ORFE,RENO,RONE,

3-letter words (24 found)

CON,COR,ECO,EON,ERF,ERN,FEN,FER,FOE,FON,FOR,FRO,NEF,NOR,ONE,ORC,ORE,ORF,REC,REF,REN,REO,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,EN,ER,FE,NE,NO,OE,OF,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from confer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of confer

confer

Etymology

From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren (“to confer”), German konferieren (“to confer”), Danish konferere (“to confer”), Swedish konferera (“to confer”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈfʌɹ/, [kʰə̥ɱˈfɚ]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈfɜː/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

confer (third-person singular simple present confers, present participle conferring, simple past and past participle conferred)

  1. (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
    Synonym: afford
  2. (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]
  3. (obsolete) To compare. [16th–18th c.]
    • 1557 (book title):
      The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
  5. (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.]

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Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fer/, [ˈkõːfɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fer/, [ˈkɔɱfer]

Verb

cōnfer

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnferō. Often abbreviated cf and used to mean "compare with".

Source: wiktionary.org