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Is ers a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ers is a Scrabble US word. The word ers is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

E1R1S1

Is ers a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ers is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

E1R1S1

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Yes. The word ers is a Words With Friends word. The word ers is worth 3 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (3 found)

ERS,RES,SER,

2-letter words (3 found)

ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from ers according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ers

ers

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ersu.

Symbol

ers

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ersu.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ersu terms

English

Verb

ers

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of er

Noun

ers

  1. plural of er

Anagrams

  • SRE, ser., res., ESR, res, RSE, ser, Res., RES, SER

Afrikaans

Noun

ers

  1. plural of er

French

Etymology

From Middle French ers (16th c.), from Occitan èrs, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛʁ/
  • Homophones: air, aire, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres (general), haire, haires, hère, hères, r (aspirated)

Noun

ers m (plural ers)

  1. (botany) bitter vetch, ervil (Vicia ervilia)
  2. (botany) Lens ervoides

Further reading

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

German

Alternative forms

  • er's

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːɐ̯s/
  • Hyphenation: ers

Contraction

ers

  1. contraction of er es

Middle English

Noun

ers

  1. alternative form of ars

Scots

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ers, form of ars, from Old English ears, ærs, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

ers (plural erses)

  1. arse, buttocks

References

  • “ers”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
  • Eagle, Andy, editor (2025), “ers”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[2]

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • Ers
  • Eders

Pronoun

ers

  1. your (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er

References

  • ers in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ers in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • res, ser

Welsh

Etymology

er +‎ ys

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛrs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs

Preposition

ers

  1. since
  2. for (a period of time)

Usage notes

  • Ers is used with time periods that are still ongoing in the context of a clause's verb.
For time periods that have come to an end, am is used instead.
  • Traditionally, the simple present tense rather than the present perfect is used with periods that extend to the present, although the latter is increasingly common under the influence of English.
simple present:
present perfect:
  • In very formal or literary language, er is used when a specific start time is mentioned.
Ers is used when the beginning of the time period is not mentioned (and is also preferred in all cases in less formal registers).

Conjunction

ers

  1. since

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org