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Is door a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word door is a Scrabble US word. The word door is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is door a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word door is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (4 found)

DOOR,ODOR,ORDO,ROOD,

3-letter words (6 found)

DOO,DOR,OOR,ORD,ROD,ROO,

2-letter words (4 found)

DO,OD,OO,OR,

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

All 4 letters words made out of door

door odor door odor oodr oodr doro odro droo rdoo ordo rodo doro odro droo rdoo ordo rodo oord oord orod rood orod rood

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word door. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in door.

Definitions and meaning of door

door

Alternative forms

  • doore, durre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dô, IPA(key): /dɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: dôr, IPA(key): /dɔɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: dōrʹ, IPA(key): /do(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /doə/
  • (non-rhotic, dough-door merger, AAVE) IPA(key): /doʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophone: d'or
  • Homophone: daw (non-rhotic with caught-court merger (most of England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand; non-rhotic New York))
  • Homophone: dour (cure-force merger; one pronunciation)
  • Homophone: dough (non-rhotic with dough-door merger (AAVE, non-rhotic Southern US))

Noun

door (plural doors)

  1. A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.
  2. Any flap, etc. that opens like a door.
  3. (immigration) An entry point.
  4. (figurative) A means of approach or access.
    Learning is the door to wisdom.
  5. (figurative) A possibility.
    to leave the door open
    all doors are open to somebody
  6. (figurative) A barrier.
  7. (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system. See BBS door.
  8. The proceeds from entrance fees and/or ticket sales at a venue such as a bar or nightclub, especially in relation to portion paid to the entertainers.
    The bar owner gives each band a percentage of the door and charges customers more to get in.

Hyponyms

  • front door
  • plantation door
  • sliding door

Meronyms

  • handle
  • latch
  • lock

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: doro

Translations

See also

  • gate

Verb

door (third-person singular simple present doors, present participle dooring, simple past and past participle doored)

  2. (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Rood, odor, ordo, rood

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːr/
  • Hyphenation: door
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dōre, from Old Dutch thuro, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw.

Preposition

door

  1. through
  2. across, around (within a certain space)
  3. because of, due to
  4. by, by means of
Inflection
Synonyms

(because of):

  • vanwege
  • ten gevolge van
Related terms
  • door-
  • door middel van
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: deur
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: doro
  • Jersey Dutch: dœr
  • Negerhollands: door
  • Petjo: door
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: door
  • Sranan Tongo: doro
    • Aukan: doo
    • Kwinti: doo, doro
    • Saramaccan: dóu
    • → Kari'na: dorome
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dhur, dhur-dhuran
  • → Papiamentu: dor

Adverb

door

  1. through
  2. forward, on
  3. (postpositional, directional) through (implying motion)
  4. (postpositional, spatial) across, around (within a certain space)
  5. (postpositional, temporal) throughout, round (occurring all the time – constantly or frequently – within a certain time period)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: deur

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch dôre, from Old Dutch *dōro, Proto-West Germanic *dauʀō, from Proto-Germanic *dauzô.

Noun

door m (plural doren)

  1. (now Southern, archaic) fool, moron
    • 1869, Frans de Cort, "Walter van de Vogelweide als paedagoog" (article including a poem), in Frans de Cort (ed.), De toekomst. Tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs, Vol. 3, No. 6, page 245.
    Synonyms: dwaas, nar, zot
Related terms
  • dwaas

Anagrams

  • oord, rood

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dolōrem m (“pain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /do.ˈoɾ/

Noun

door f (plural doores)

  1. pain
    • 13th century, Afonso X the wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 206:

Related terms

  • doorida, doorido
  • doorosa

Descendants

  • Galician: dor f
  • Portuguese: dor f (see there for further descendants)

Scots

Alternative forms

  • dour

Etymology

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [duːr]

Noun

door (plural doors)

  1. door

Further reading

  • “door” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Somali

Verb

door

  1. to choose

Source: wiktionary.org