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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:

E1A1G2E1R1

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):

E1A1G3E1R1

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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.

Definitions and meaning of eager

eager

English

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 aigre, egre (modern French aigre), from Latin ācrus, variant of ācer (“sharp, keen”); see acid, acerb, etc. Compare vinegar, alegar.

Alternative forms

  • aigre (obsolete)
  • eagre (obsolete)

Adjective

eager (comparative more eager, superlative most eager)

  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, alacritous, athirst, fain (archaic)
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “desirous”): averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling
Derived terms
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.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “eager”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “eager”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • aeger, agree, eagre, geare, æger

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