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Is hearse a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hearse is a Scrabble US word. The word hearse is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

H4E1A1R1S1E1

Is hearse a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hearse is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

H4E1A1R1S1E1

Is hearse a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hearse is a Words With Friends word. The word hearse is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1A1R1S1E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

HAERES,HEARES,HEARSE,

5-letter words (14 found)

EASER,ERASE,HARES,HEARE,HEARS,HERES,HERSE,RHEAS,SAREE,SEARE,SHARE,SHEAR,SHEER,SHERE,

4-letter words (23 found)

ARES,ARSE,EARS,EASE,ERAS,ERES,HAES,HARE,HEAR,HERE,HERS,RAHS,RASE,RASH,REES,REHS,RESH,RHEA,SEAR,SEER,SERA,SERE,SHEA,

3-letter words (26 found)

AHS,ARE,ARS,ASH,EAR,EAS,EHS,ERA,ERE,ERS,HAE,HAS,HER,HES,RAH,RAS,REE,REH,RES,SAE,SAR,SEA,SEE,SER,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AH,AR,AS,EA,EE,EH,ER,ES,HA,HE,RE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from hearse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hearse

hearse

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hûrs
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɜːs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɝs/
  • Homophone: herse
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Etymology 1

From Middle English herse, hers, herce, from Old French herce, from Medieval Latin hercia, from Latin herpicem, hirpex; ultimately from Oscan 𐌇𐌉𐌓𐌐𐌖𐌔 (hirpus, “wolf”), a reference to the teeth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff, rigid, bristled”). The Oscan term is related to Latin hīrsūtus (“bristly, shaggy”). Doublet of hirsute.

Alternative forms

  • herse (obsolete)

Noun

hearse (plural hearses)

  1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
  2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
  3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
  4. A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
Translations
References
  • “hearse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “hearse”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “hearse”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Verb

hearse (third-person singular simple present hearses, present participle hearsing, simple past and past participle hearsed)

  1. (dated) To enclose in a hearse; to entomb.

Etymology 2

Noun

hearse (plural hearses)

  1. Alternative form of hearst (“A hind (female deer) in the second or third year of her age”)

Anagrams

  • harees, heares, sharee

Source: wiktionary.org