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Is hear a Scrabble word?

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

H4E1A1R1

Is hear a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1A1R1

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Yes. The word hear is a Words With Friends word. The word hear is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

HARE,HEAR,RHEA,

3-letter words (7 found)

ARE,EAR,ERA,HAE,HER,RAH,REH,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AH,AR,EA,EH,ER,HA,HE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from hear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hear

hear ehar haer aher eahr aehr hera ehra hrea rhea erha reha hare ahre hrae rhae arhe rahe earh aerh erah reah areh raeh

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hear. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hear.

Definitions and meaning of hear

hear

Alternative forms

  • heare (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɪɚ/
  • (Wales) IPA(key): /hjɜː/
  • Homophones: here, hir
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

hear (third-person singular simple present hears, present participle hearing, simple past and past participle heard)

  1. (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]
  2. (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]
  3. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to. [from 10th c.]
  4. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.). [from 10th c.]
  5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
  6. (with from) To be contacted by.
  7. (transitive, law) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try. [from 12th c.]
  8. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
  9. (transitive, Greek philosophy) To study under.

Usage notes

  • This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • audible
  • deaf
  • listen

Interjection

hear

  1. you hear me

References

  • “hear”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “hear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hare, hera, rhea

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • hèere (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German herre, from Old High German hērro, hēriro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, noble, venerable”). Cognate with German Herr; see there for more.

Noun

hear m

  1. (Luserna) man, gentleman

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪə̯r/

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian hār (“honorable”).

Noun

hear c (plural hearen, diminutive hearke)

  1. lord
  2. (Christianity) the Lord, God
    Wêr de Geast fan de Hear is, der is frijheid. ― Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
  3. nobleman
  4. gentleman
Derived terms
  • leavehearsbistke
  • mynhear

Further reading

  • “hear (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari.

Noun

hear c (plural hearen)

  1. army
    Yn âlde tiden wie Frjentsjer bilegere fan in machtich hear. ― In days gone by, Franeker was besieged by a mighty army.
  2. crowd

Further reading

  • “hear (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org