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Is glider a Scrabble word?

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

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Is glider a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2L1I1D2E1R1

Is glider a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word glider is a Words With Friends word. The word glider is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (6 found)

GILDER,GIRDLE,GLIDER,LIDGER,REGILD,RIDGEL,

5-letter words (9 found)

DERIG,DIRGE,GELID,GLIDE,GRIDE,IDLER,LIGER,RIDGE,RILED,

4-letter words (25 found)

DEIL,DELI,DIEL,DIRE,DIRL,DREG,EILD,GELD,GIED,GILD,GIRD,GIRL,GLED,GLEI,GLID,GRID,IDLE,IRED,LEIR,LIED,LIER,LIRE,RIDE,RIEL,RILE,

3-letter words (25 found)

DEG,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIG,ELD,ERG,GED,GEL,GER,GID,GIE,IDE,IRE,LED,LEG,LEI,LID,LIE,LIG,RED,REG,REI,RID,RIG,

2-letter words (9 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ER,GI,ID,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 75 words from glider according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of glider

glider

Etymology

From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: glī'də(r), IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪdɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

glider (plural gliders)

  1. One who glides.
  2. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
  3. A pilot of glider aircraft.
  4. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
  5. Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”)
  6. A kind of garden swing.
  7. (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
    Hypernym: spaceship
    1. (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
  8. A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
  9. (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.

Hyponyms

  • hang glider, motor glider, paraglider, sailplane

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Further reading

  • glider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Dilger, Gilder, gilder, girdle, girled, gridle, regild, ridgel

Swedish

Verb

glider

  1. present indicative of glida

Anagrams

  • redlig

Source: wiktionary.org