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Is harbor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word harbor is a Scrabble US word. The word harbor is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is harbor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word harbor is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is harbor a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word harbor is a Words With Friends word. The word harbor is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

HARBOR,

5-letter words (3 found)

ABHOR,ARBOR,BARRO,

4-letter words (7 found)

BOAR,BORA,HARO,HOAR,HORA,ORRA,ROAR,

3-letter words (21 found)

ABO,ARB,BAH,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOH,BOR,BRA,BRO,BRR,HAO,HOA,HOB,OAR,OBA,ORA,ORB,RAH,RHO,ROB,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AH,AR,BA,BO,HA,HO,OB,OH,OR,

You can make 42 words from harbor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of harbor

harbor

Alternative forms

  • harbour (Commonwealth)
  • harborough, herborough, harborow (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹbɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːbə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English herberwe, herber, from Old English herebeorg (“shelter, lodgings, quarters”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army shelter, refuge”), from *harjaz (“army”) + *bergō (“protection”), equivalent to Old English here (“army, host”) + beorg (“defense, protection, refuge”).

See also West Frisian herberch (“inn”), Dutch herberg (“inn”), German Herberge; also Old Norse herbergi (“a harbour; a room”) (whence Icelandic herbergi), Dutch herberg, German Herberge (“inn, hostel, shelter”), Swedish härbärge. Compare also French auberge (“hostel”). More at here, harry, borrow and bury. Doublet of harbinger.

Noun

harbor (countable and uncountable, plural harbors) (American spelling)

  1. (countable) Any place of shelter.
  2. (countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
  3. (countable, glassworking) A mixing box for materials.
  4. (obsolete, countable) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
  5. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: harbor
  • → Marshallese: aba
  • → Welsh: harbwr
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English herberwen, herbere, from Old English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”), from the noun (see above).

Verb

harbor (third-person singular simple present harbors, present participle harboring, simple past and past participle harbored) (American spelling)

  1. (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
  2. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
  3. (transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.
  4. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
Derived terms
  • harborer
Translations

See also

  • haven
  • dock

References

  • “harbor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “harbor”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “harbor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English harbor, from Middle English herberwen, herberȝen, from Middle English herebeorgian (“to take up one's quarters, lodge”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: har‧bor

Verb

harbor

  1. (slang) to appropriate another person's property

Noun

harbor

  1. (slang) appropriation; an act or instance of appropriating

Derived terms

  • harbor

Descendants

  • Cebuano: harbat

Source: wiktionary.org