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Is galore a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word galore is a Scrabble US word. The word galore is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is galore a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word galore is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is galore a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word galore is a Words With Friends word. The word galore is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

GALORE,GAOLER,

5-letter words (12 found)

ALGOR,ARGLE,ARGOL,GLARE,GORAL,LAGER,LARGE,LARGO,OGLER,REALO,REGAL,ROLAG,

4-letter words (36 found)

AERO,AGER,AGRO,ALOE,AREG,ARLE,EARL,EGAL,EORL,ERGO,GALE,GAOL,GARE,GEAL,GEAR,GOAL,GOEL,GOER,GOLE,GORA,GORE,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LOGE,LORE,OGLE,OGRE,OLEA,ORAL,ORLE,RAGE,RALE,REAL,REGO,ROLE,

3-letter words (32 found)

AGE,AGO,ALE,ARE,EAR,EGO,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAL,GAR,GEL,GEO,GER,GOA,GOE,GOR,LAG,LAR,LEA,LEG,LOG,LOR,OAR,OLE,ORA,ORE,ORG,RAG,REG,REO,ROE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AG,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,GO,LA,LO,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from galore according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of galore

galore

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɔɹ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɡəˈloː/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡəˈloə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lore

Adjective

galore (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) In abundance. [from late 17th c.]
    Synonyms: aplenty; see also Thesaurus:abundant
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:rare

Translations

Noun

galore (plural galores)

  1. (archaic) An abundance; plenty.

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References

Further reading

  • galore (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • galero, gaoler, goaler

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish go leor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɔː/

Adverb

galore

  1. plenty

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

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