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Is heir a Scrabble word?

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

H4E1I1R1

Is heir a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1I1R1

Is heir a Words With Friends word?

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

H3E1I1R1

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4-letter words (2 found)

HEIR,HIRE,

3-letter words (5 found)

HER,HIE,IRE,REH,REI,

2-letter words (5 found)

EH,ER,HE,HI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from heir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of heir

heir ehir hier iher eihr iehr heri ehri hrei rhei erhi rehi hire ihre hrie rhie irhe rihe eirh ierh erih reih ireh rieh

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

Definitions and meaning of heir

heir

Alternative forms

  • heire (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: âr, IPA(key): /ɛɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation); e'er (US)

Noun

heir (plural heirs, feminine heiress)

  1. Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
    Synonyms: (law) beneficiary, inheritor
  2. One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
    Synonym: inheritor
    Coordinate term: spare
  3. A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:successor

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

heir (third-person singular simple present heirs, present participle heiring, simple past and past participle heired)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To inherit.
    • 1950, quoted in Our Garst family in America (page 27)
      […] Leonard Houtz & John Myer to be executors to this my last will & testament & lastly my children shall heir equally, one as much as the other.

See also

  • legatee
  • devisee

Anagrams

  • Hire, ReHi, hire, rehi

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

heir n (plural heiren, diminutive heirtje n)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of heer (“army”)

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman heir, aire (Old French eir), from Latin hēres (“heir”).

Noun

heir (plural heires)

  1. heir
Alternative forms
  • heire, heier, eir, eire, eier, eiȝer, hair, haire, air, aire, are, her, here, hier, heyr, heyre, heyer, eyr, eyre, eyer, eyur, hayr, hayre, ayr, ayre, ayer, ayere, ayar, hyer
  • nayr, nayre, nayer, nere (by rebracketing of an heir)
Descendants
  • English: heir
  • Scots: heir
  • → Welsh: aer

References

  • “heir, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

heir

  1. Alternative form of her (“hair”)

Etymology 3

Noun

heir

  1. Alternative form of here (“army”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

heir

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Etymology 5

Noun

heir (plural heires or heiren)

  1. Alternative form of here (“haircloth”)

Etymology 6

Adverb

heir

  1. Alternative form of her (“here”)

Etymology 7

Determiner

heir

  1. Alternative form of here (“their”)

Source: wiktionary.org