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Is erase a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word erase is a Scrabble US word. The word erase is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

E1R1A1S1E1

Is erase a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word erase is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

E1R1A1S1E1

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Yes. The word erase is a Words With Friends word. The word erase is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

EASER,ERASE,SAREE,SEARE,

4-letter words (12 found)

ARES,ARSE,EARS,EASE,ERAS,ERES,RASE,REES,SEAR,SEER,SERA,SERE,

3-letter words (15 found)

ARE,ARS,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERE,ERS,RAS,REE,RES,SAE,SAR,SEA,SEE,SER,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AR,AS,EA,EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from erase according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of erase

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Definitions and meaning of erase

erase

Etymology

From Latin erasus, past participle of eradere (“to scrape, to abrade”), from ex- (“out of”) + radere (“to scrape”). Compare Middle English arasen, aracen (“to eradicate, erase”). Displaced native Old English dilegian.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭ-rāzʹ, IPA(key): /ɪˈɹeɪz/
  • (US) enPR: ĭ-rāsʹ, IPA(key): /ɪˈɹeɪs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪz, -eɪs

Verb

erase (third-person singular simple present erases, present participle erasing, simple past and past participle erased)

  1. (transitive) to remove markings or information
  2. (transitive) To obliterate information from (a storage medium), such as to clear or (with magnetic storage) to demagnetize.
  3. (transitive) To obliterate (information) from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
  4. (transitive, baseball) To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
  5. (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
  6. (transitive) To disregard (a group, an orientation, etc.); to prevent from having an active role in society.
  7. (transitive, slang) To kill; assassinate.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “remove markings or information”): record

Derived terms

Related terms

  • erasure

Translations

Noun

erase (plural erases)

  1. (computing) The operation of deleting data.

Anagrams

  • Rease, eares, easer, saree

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

erase

  1. third-person singular past historic of eradere

Etymology 2

Participle

erase f pl

  1. feminine plural of eraso

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈraː.se/, [eːˈräːs̠ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈra.se/, [eˈräːs̬e]

Participle

ērāse

  1. vocative masculine singular of ērāsus

Source: wiktionary.org