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Is glacier a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word glacier is a Scrabble US word. The word glacier is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is glacier a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word glacier is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

GLACIER,GRACILE,

6-letter words (7 found)

AGILER,CAGIER,ECLAIR,GARLIC,GLAIRE,GRAILE,LACIER,

5-letter words (27 found)

AGILE,AREIC,ARGIL,ARGLE,ARIEL,CAGER,CARLE,CERIA,CIGAR,CLEAR,CRAIG,ERICA,GLACE,GLAIR,GLARE,GRACE,GRAIL,GRICE,ILEAC,LACER,LAGER,LARGE,LIGER,RAILE,RECAL,REGAL,RELIC,

4-letter words (56 found)

ACER,ACRE,AGER,ALEC,AREG,ARIL,ARLE,CAGE,CARE,CARL,CEIL,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CLAG,CLEG,CRAG,CRIA,EARL,EGAL,ERIC,GAIR,GALE,GARE,GARI,GEAL,GEAR,GILA,GIRL,GLEI,GLIA,ICER,ILEA,LACE,LAER,LAIC,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LEAR,LEIR,LIAR,LICE,LIER,LIRA,LIRE,RACE,RAGE,RAGI,RAIL,RALE,REAL,RIAL,RICE,RIEL,RILE,

3-letter words (38 found)

ACE,AGE,AIL,AIR,ALE,ARC,ARE,CAG,CAL,CAR,CEL,CIG,EAR,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAL,GAR,GEL,GER,GIE,ICE,IRE,LAC,LAG,LAR,LEA,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,RAG,RAI,REC,REG,REI,RIA,RIG,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,GI,LA,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 143 words from glacier according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of glacier

glacier

Etymology

Borrowed from French glacier, from Franco-Provençal gllaciér, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium, a derivative of Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin. First attested in English in 1744 per the OED.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlæs.jə/, /ˈɡleɪs.jə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡleɪ.ʃɚ/, /ˈɡleɪs.jɚ/
  • Homophone: glassier (non-rhotic accents without trap-bath split)

Noun

glacier (plural glaciers)

  1. (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.
  2. (mountaineering) An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • glaciate
  • glaciology

Descendants

  • → Hindi: ग्लेशियर (gleśiyar)

Translations

See also

  • iceberg

Further reading

  • glacier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Cargile, gracile

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡla.sje/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal gllaciér. First attested in 1757. Cognate with German Gletscher.

Noun

glacier m (plural glaciers)

  1. (geology) glacier
Descendants
  • →? Catalan: glacera (calque)
  • → English: glacier
    • → Hindi: ग्लेशियर (gleśiyar)
  • → Italian: ghiacciaio (calque)
  • → New Latin: glaciārium (calque)
  • → Romanian: ghețar (calque)
  • → Spanish: glaciar
    • → Galician: glaciar
    • → Portuguese: glaciar

Etymology 2

glace (“mirror; ice-cream”) +‎ -ier (occupational suffix).

Noun

glacier m (plural glaciers)

  1. (dated) maker of mirrors
  2. seller of ice-cream
  3. (by extension) ice-cream parlour
    Synonyms: glacerie, crémerie, bar laitier

References

  • “glacier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • giclera

Source: wiktionary.org