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Is gorger a Scrabble word?

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

G2O1R1G2E1R1

Is gorger a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2O1R1G2E1R1

Is gorger a Words With Friends word?

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

G3O1R1G3E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

GORGER,

5-letter words (5 found)

GORGE,GREGO,REGGO,REORG,ROGER,

4-letter words (7 found)

ERGO,GOER,GORE,GROG,OGRE,REGO,RORE,

3-letter words (14 found)

EGG,EGO,ERG,ERR,GEO,GER,GOE,GOR,GRR,ORE,ORG,REG,REO,ROE,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,GO,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from gorger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gorger

gorger

Etymology 1

gorge +‎ -er

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. One who gorges.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:glutton

Etymology 2

Compare gadje.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller.
    • 2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010
      "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry."

Etymology 3

Possibly from gorgeous.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man; a swell; sometimes an employer, or principal, as the manager of a theatre.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • Gregor

French

Etymology

Denominal verb of gorge (“throat”). gorge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/

Verb

gorger

  1. to gorge oneself (eat greedily)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

  • se gorger

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org