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Is eros a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eros is a Scrabble US word. The word eros is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is eros a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eros is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

E1R1O1S1

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4-letter words (6 found)

EROS,ORES,REOS,ROES,ROSE,SORE,

3-letter words (9 found)

ERS,OES,ORE,ORS,OSE,REO,RES,ROE,SER,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ES,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from eros according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eros

eros

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/, /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/

Noun

eros (usually uncountable, plural erotes)

  1. A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
  2. Physical love; sexual desire.
  3. a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
  4. (psychiatry) libido
  5. (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “life drive”): death drive, Thanatos

Translations

Anagrams

  • Rose, reos, 'orse, REOs, ROEs, roes, RoEs, Roes, eors, orse, ores, öres, rose, sore, Reos, EORs, sero-, rosé

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾos̺/ [e.ɾos̺]
  • Rhymes: -eɾos̺, -os̺
  • Hyphenation: e‧ros

Etymology 1

Noun

eros inan

  1. (psychology) eros
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

eros

  1. Short form of erosi (“to buy”).

Latin

Noun

erōs

  1. accusative plural of erus

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éros.

Noun

eros n (uncountable)

  1. eros (physical love)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾos/ [ˈe.ɾos]
  • Rhymes: -eɾos
  • Syllabification: e‧ros

Noun

eros m (uncountable)

  1. eros; sexual desire
  2. (psychiatry) libido
    Synonym: libido

Related terms

Further reading

  • “eros”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Source: wiktionary.org