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Is dwarf a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dwarf is a Scrabble US word. The word dwarf is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is dwarf a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dwarf is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

DWARF,

4-letter words (3 found)

DRAW,FARD,WARD,

3-letter words (11 found)

ARD,ARF,DAW,FAD,FAR,FAW,FRA,RAD,RAW,WAD,WAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AR,AW,DA,FA,

You can make 20 words from dwarf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of dwarf

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Definitions and meaning of dwarf

dwarf

Etymology

From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.

Cognate with Scots dwerch; Old High German twerc (German Zwerg); Old Norse dvergr (Swedish dvärg); Old Frisian dwirg (West Frisian dwerch); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg, Dwarch); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg).

The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: dwôrf, IPA(key): /dwɔɹf/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dwɔːf/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f

Noun

dwarf (plural dwarfs or dwarves)

  1. (mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
  2. (now sometimes offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
    Synonyms: midget, pygmy (imprecise)
    Antonyms: ettin, giant
  3. An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
    Synonym: runt
  4. (astronomy) A dwarf star.

Usage notes

At first, dwarfs was the common plural in English, and dwarves was considered incorrect. After J. R. R. Tolkien used dwarves in his works, that form became the standard for the plural of the mythological beings. For a non-mythological dwarf (people with dwarfism, small plants, animals, planets, stars, etc.), dwarfs has remained the preferred plural form. The use of dwarf to describe people with dwarfism is currently considered to be offensive by some.

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Adjective

dwarf (comparative dwarfer, superlative dwarfest)

  1. (especially in botany) Miniature.

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Verb

dwarf (third-person singular simple present dwarfs, present participle dwarfing, simple past and past participle dwarfed)

  1. (transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
    Synonyms: miniaturize, shrink
  2. (transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
  3. (transitive) To make appear insignificant.
    Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch, outstrip
  4. (intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
    Synonym: shrink
  5. To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

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Further reading

  • Dwarf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org