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What does drear mean? Is drear a Scrabble word?

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Is drear a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word drear is a Scrabble US word. The word drear is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

D2R1E1A1R1

Is drear a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word drear is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

D2R1E1A1R1

Is drear a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word drear is a Words With Friends word. The word drear is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2R1E1A1R1

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5-letter words (4 found)

DARER,DARRE,DREAR,RARED,

4-letter words (8 found)

ARED,DARE,DEAR,EARD,RADE,RARE,READ,REAR,

3-letter words (8 found)

ARD,ARE,DAE,EAR,ERA,ERR,RAD,RED,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from drear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of drear

drear

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɹɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɹɪɚ/, /dɹɪɹ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /dɹiə/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /dɹiːɹ/
  • (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /dɹɛː/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Shortening of dreary.

Adjective

drear (comparative drearer, superlative drearest)

  1. (poetic, literary) Dreary.
    Synonyms: bleak, dreary; see also Thesaurus:cheerless
    • 1794, William Blake, Earth's Answer, lines 1-2
      Earth raised up her head
      From the darkness dread and drear,
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from dreary.

Noun

drear (plural drears)

  1. (obsolete) Gloom; sadness.

Anagrams

  • Rader, arder, arred, darer, rared, rear'd, reard

Source: wiktionary.org