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Yes. The word crier is a Scrabble US word. The word crier is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (2 found)

CRIER,RICER,

4-letter words (4 found)

CIRE,ERIC,ICER,RICE,

3-letter words (5 found)

ERR,ICE,IRE,REC,REI,

2-letter words (2 found)

ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from crier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of crier

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Definitions and meaning of crier

crier

Alternative forms

  • cryer (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English cryer, criere, cryare, crior, criour, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹaɪɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkraɪə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

crier (plural criers)

  1. One who cries.
  2. An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • IRCer, ricer

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • crieru, criel, crielu

Etymology

Probably from Latin cerebrum through a Vulgar Latin root *crebrum or possibly from the diminutive form cerebellum through a root *crebellum (compare the variant form, also found in Megleno-Romanian, which seems to still preserve the -l-). Compare Romanian creier.

Noun

crier m (plural crieri)

  1. brain

Synonyms

  • mãduã / midulj

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French crier, from Old French cri(d)er, from Vulgar Latin *crītāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁi.je/

Verb

crier

  1. to cry out
  2. to shout
  3. to creak

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cri
  • criailler
  • criard
  • crieur
  • décrier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • cirer

Norman

Etymology

Inherited from Old French crier, from Vulgar Latin *crītāre.

Verb

crier (gerund criethie)

  1. (Jersey) to shout

Old French

Alternative forms

  • crider (Alexis, 11th c.)
  • crïer (alt. modern spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *crītāre.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /kɾiˈðeːɾ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /kɾiˈeːɾ/

Verb

crier

  1. to cry out, shout

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • Middle French: crier
    • French: crier
  • Middle English: crien
    • English: cry
    • Yola: cry't (preterite)

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quĭrītare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1484

Romanian

Noun

crier m (plural crieri)

  1. Alternative form of creier

Declension


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