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Is eager a Scrabble word?

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

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Is eager a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1A1G2E1R1

Is eager a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eager is a Words With Friends word. The word eager is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (5 found)

AGREE,EAGER,EAGRE,GEARE,RAGEE,

4-letter words (9 found)

AGEE,AGER,AREG,EGER,GARE,GEAR,GERE,GREE,RAGE,

3-letter words (13 found)

AGE,ARE,EAR,ERA,ERE,ERG,GAE,GAR,GEE,GER,RAG,REE,REG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AG,AR,EA,EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from eager according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of eager

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Definitions and meaning of eager

eager

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈiɡɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈiːɡə/
  • (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈɪɡɚ/, /ˈɪɡə/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English egre, eger, from Old French egre (French aigre), from Latin acer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

Alternative forms

  • aigre (obsolete)
  • eagre (obsolete)

Adjective

eager (comparative more eager or eagerer, superlative most eager or eagerest)

  1. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something.
  2. (computing theory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required.
  3. (dated) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
  4. (obsolete, literal) Sharp; sour; acid.
  5. (obsolete, figurative) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
Synonyms
  • (desirous): keen, raring, fain (archaic)
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “desirous”): averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling
Derived terms
  • eager beaver
  • eager load
  • eagerly
  • eagerness
Translations

Verb

eager (third-person singular simple present eagers, present participle eagering, simple past and past participle eagered)

  1. (intransitive) To be or become eager.
  2. (intransitive) To express eagerness.
  3. (transitive) To make or encourage to be eager

Etymology 2

See eagre.

Noun

eager (plural eagers)

  1. Alternative form of eagre (tidal bore).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • aeger, agree, eagre, geare, æger

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