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Is fever a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fever is a Scrabble US word. The word fever is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is fever a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fever is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is fever a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fever is a Words With Friends word. The word fever is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

FEVER,

4-letter words (7 found)

EREV,EVER,FEER,FERE,FREE,REEF,VEER,

3-letter words (9 found)

ERE,ERF,EVE,FEE,FER,REE,REF,REV,VEE,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,EF,ER,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 5 letters words made out of fever

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fever. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fever.

Definitions and meaning of fever

fever

Alternative forms

  • feaver, fevre (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Replaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfiːvə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfivɚ/
  • Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ver

Noun

fever (countable and uncountable, plural fevers)

  1. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
    "I have a fever. I think I've the flu."
  2. (usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases.
    scarlet fever
  3. A state of excitement or anxiety.
  4. (neologism) A group of stingrays.

Synonyms

  • (higher than normal body temperature): high temperature, pyrexia (medical term), temperature
  • (state of excitement): excitation, excitement, passion

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Related terms

  • febrile
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • fervor

Translations

See also

  • hyperthermia

Verb

fever (third-person singular simple present fevers, present participle fevering, simple past and past participle fevered)

  1. To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
    a fevered lip
  2. To become fevered.

References

  • fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

  • “fever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “fever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • fevre

Source: wiktionary.org