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Is expire a Scrabble word?

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

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Is expire a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1X8P3I1R1E1

Is expire a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word expire is a Words With Friends word. The word expire is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

EXPIRE,PREXIE,

4-letter words (7 found)

PEER,PERE,PERI,PIER,PREE,PREX,RIPE,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERE,IRE,PEE,PER,PIE,PIR,PIX,PRE,REE,REI,REP,REX,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,ER,EX,PE,PI,RE,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from expire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of expire

expire

Alternative forms

  • exspire (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin exspīrō, exspīrāre, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō, spīrāre (“breathe, be alive”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/, /ɛkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pire

Verb

expire (third-person singular simple present expires, present participle expiring, simple past and past participle expired)

  1. (intransitive) To die.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die
  2. (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
  3. (intransitive) To come to an end; to conclude.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To exhale; to breathe out.
    Antonym: inspire
  5. (transitive) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
  6. (transitive) To bring to a close; to terminate.

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Further reading

  • “expire”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • prexie

French

Pronunciation

Verb

expire

  1. inflection of expirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • expier

Portuguese

Verb

expire

  1. inflection of expirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ekˈspire]

Verb

expire

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of expira

Spanish

Verb

expire

  1. inflection of expirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org