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Is frere a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word frere is a Scrabble US word. The word frere is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is frere a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word frere is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is frere a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word frere is a Words With Friends word. The word frere is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Frere

You can make 21 words from 'frere' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'frere'

FERER 8FREER 8
FRERE 8REFER 8

4 letters words from 'frere'

FEER 7FERE 7
FREE 7REEF 7

3 letters words from 'frere'

ERE 3ERF 6
ERR 3FEE 6
FER 6REE 3
REF 6 

2 letters words from 'frere'

EE 2EF 5
ER 2FE 5
RE 2 

All 5 letters words made out of frere

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

Definitions and meaning of frere

frere

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • ffrere, ffreere, freere, frer, fryere, ffryr, frir, ffryre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French frere, from Latin frater, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Doublet of brother.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfreːr(ə)/, /ˈfriːr(ə)/

Noun

frere (plural freres or (rare) freren)

  1. any of one's male associates, friends, buddies, or companions
  2. a friar; a male member of a mendicant religious order
  3. a friary; a religious institute for friars
  4. (rare) a monk; a male member (a brother) of a monastic religious order

Descendants

  • English: friar
  • Scots: freer (archaic)

References

  • “frẹ̄r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-26.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French frere, from earlier fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

frere m (plural freres)

  1. brother (male sibling)

Descendants

  • French: frère
  • Norman: frère (Guernsey), fréthe (Jersey)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • fradre, fredre

Etymology

From earlier fredre, fradre, from Latin frāter, frātrem, from Proto-Italic *frātēr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Noun

frere m (oblique plural freres, nominative singular frere, nominative plural frere)

  1. brother (family member)

Descendants

  • Middle French: frere
    • French: frère
    • Norman: frère (Guernsey), fréthe (Jersey)
  • → Middle English: frere, ffrere, ffreere, freere, frer, fryere, ffryr, frir, ffryre
    • English: friar
    • Scots: freer (archaic)

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a friar.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)