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Is employer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word employer is a Scrabble US word. The word employer is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is employer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word employer is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Is employer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word employer is a Words With Friends word. The word employer is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

EMPLOYER,REEMPLOY,

7-letter words (3 found)

EMPLOYE,PLEROME,POLYMER,

6-letter words (7 found)

ELOPER,EMPERY,EMPLOY,MERELY,MOPERY,PELORY,YELPER,

5-letter words (24 found)

ELOPE,EMERY,LEERY,LEPER,LOPER,MEREL,MERLE,MOPER,MOPEY,MOREL,MOYLE,MYOPE,PEEOY,PEERY,PLOYE,PLYER,POLER,POLEY,PREMY,PROEM,PROLE,REPEL,REPLY,ROPEY,

4-letter words (64 found)

EELY,EERY,ELMY,EORL,EYER,EYRE,LEEP,LEER,LEME,LERE,LERP,LOME,LOPE,LORE,LORY,LYME,LYRE,MEER,MERE,MERL,MOER,MOLE,MOLY,MOPE,MOPY,MORE,MOYL,OLPE,OMER,ORLE,OYER,PEEL,PEER,PELE,PERE,PERM,PLOY,POEM,POLE,POLY,POME,PORE,PORY,PREE,PREM,PREY,PROM,PYRE,PYRO,REEL,RELY,REPO,ROLE,ROMP,ROPE,ROPY,RYPE,YELM,YELP,YLEM,YMPE,YOMP,YORE,YORP,

3-letter words (47 found)

EEL,ELM,EME,EMO,ERE,ERM,EYE,LEE,LEP,LEY,LOP,LOR,LOY,LYE,LYM,MEE,MEL,MOE,MOL,MOP,MOR,MOY,OLE,OLM,OPE,ORE,OYE,PEE,PEL,PER,PLY,POL,POM,PRE,PRO,PRY,PYE,REE,REM,REO,REP,ROE,ROM,RYE,YEP,YER,YOM,

2-letter words (18 found)

EE,EL,EM,ER,LO,ME,MO,MY,OE,OM,OP,OR,OY,PE,PO,RE,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 166 words from employer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of employer

employer

Alternative forms

  • imployer (obsolete)

Etymology

From employ +‎ -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: ĭm-ploiʹər, ĕm-ploiʹər, IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/, /ɛmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmˈplɔɪə/, /ɛmplɔɪˈə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: em‧ploy‧er

Noun

employer (plural employers)

  1. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Derived terms

  • employerly

Related terms

  • employ
  • employee
  • employment

Translations

See also

  • jobseeker

References

Anagrams

  • polyreme, re-employ, reemploy, reëmploy

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, emploiier, inherited from Latin implicāre. Doublet of impliquer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.plwa.je/

Verb

employer

  1. (transitive) to use (a physical thing)
    Synonyms: se servir de, utiliser
  2. (transitive) to use (an abstract)
  3. (passive pronominal) to be used
  4. (transitive) to employ (a person)
    • 2005, Philippe Chassaigne, Ville et violence : tensions et conflits dans la Grande-Bretagne victorienne, page 37
  5. (passive pronominal) to be employed

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Derived terms

  • employer la manière forte
  • employer les grands moyens

Related terms

  • emploi
  • employable
  • employé
  • employeur

Further reading

  • “employer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • polymère

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French emploier, emploiier.

Verb

employer

  1. to employ; to use; to make use of

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

  • French: employer

Source: wiktionary.org