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Is differ a Scrabble word?

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

D2I1F4F4E1R1

Is differ a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1F4F4E1R1

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

D2I1F4F4E1R1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DIFFER,RIFFED,

5-letter words (4 found)

FIFED,FIFER,FIRED,FRIED,

4-letter words (14 found)

DEFI,DEIF,DIFF,DIRE,FIEF,FIER,FIFE,FIRE,IRED,REFI,REIF,RIDE,RIFE,RIFF,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEF,DEI,DIE,DIF,EFF,ERF,FED,FER,FID,FIE,FIR,IDE,IFF,IRE,RED,REF,REI,RID,RIF,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DI,ED,EF,ER,FE,ID,IF,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from differ according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of differ

differ

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪfə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪfɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪfə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fer

Etymology 1

From Middle English differren, from Old French differer, from Latin differō (“carry apart, put off, defer; differ”), from dis- (“apart”) + ferō (“carry, bear”). Compare Ancient Greek διαφέρω (diaphérō). Doublet of defer (etymology 1).

Verb

differ (third-person singular simple present differs, present participle differing, simple past and past participle differed)

  1. (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:differ
  2. (intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
    • May 11, 1827, George Canning, Changes in the Administration
      I differ from the honourable baronet on both these subjects
  3. (intransitive) To be separated in quantity.
Derived terms
  • agree to differ
  • beg to differ
  • your mileage may differ
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Translations

Etymology 2

From diff +‎ -er.

Noun

differ (plural differs)

  1. (computing) A program that diffs, a diff.
    Synonym: diff

Further reading

  • “differ”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “differ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • riffed

Latin

Verb

differ

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of differō

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