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Is furrow a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word furrow is a Scrabble US word. The word furrow is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

F4U1R1R1O1W4

Is furrow a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word furrow is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

F4U1R1R1O1W4

Is furrow a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word furrow is a Words With Friends word. The word furrow is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4U2R1R1O1W4

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6-letter words (1 found)

FURROW,

5-letter words (1 found)

FUROR,

4-letter words (3 found)

FOUR,FROW,FURR,

3-letter words (9 found)

FOR,FOU,FRO,FUR,ORF,OUR,ROW,UFO,WOF,

2-letter words (7 found)

FU,OF,OR,OU,OW,UR,WO,

You can make 21 words from furrow according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of furrow

furrow

Etymology

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”).

Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit पर्शान (párśāna, “chasm”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʌɹoʊ/, /ˈfɝoʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfʌɹəʊ/
  • (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
  • (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
  • Rhymes: -ʌɹəʊ

Noun

furrow (plural furrows)

  1. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
  2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
  3. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

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Verb

furrow (third-person singular simple present furrows, present participle furrowing, simple past and past participle furrowed)

  1. (transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
  2. (transitive) To wrinkle.
  3. (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.
    Synonym: frown
  4. (intransitive) to become furrowed

Derived terms

  • furrower
  • furrowing
  • unfurrow
  • unfurrowed

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See also

  • plough a lonely furrow

Source: wiktionary.org