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

H4O1A1R1S1E1

Is hoarse a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4O1A1R1S1E1

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

AHORSE,ASHORE,HOARSE,

5-letter words (19 found)

AEROS,AROSE,HARES,HAROS,HEARS,HEROS,HOARS,HOERS,HORAS,HORSE,HOSER,RHEAS,ROHES,SHARE,SHEAR,SHERO,SHOER,SHORE,SOARE,

4-letter words (42 found)

AERO,ARES,ARSE,EARS,ERAS,EROS,HAES,HAOS,HARE,HARO,HEAR,HERO,HERS,HOAR,HOAS,HOER,HOES,HORA,HORE,HORS,HOSE,OARS,ORES,OSAR,RAHS,RASE,RASH,REHS,REOS,RESH,RHEA,RHOS,ROES,ROHE,ROSE,SEAR,SERA,SHEA,SHOE,SOAR,SORA,SORE,

3-letter words (39 found)

AHS,ARE,ARS,ASH,EAR,EAS,EHS,ERA,ERS,HAE,HAO,HAS,HER,HES,HOA,HOE,HOS,OAR,OES,OHS,ORA,ORE,ORS,OSE,RAH,RAS,REH,REO,RES,RHO,ROE,SAE,SAR,SEA,SER,SHA,SHE,SHO,SOH,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AH,AR,AS,EA,EH,ER,ES,HA,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,OS,RE,SH,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 122 words from hoarse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hoarse

hoarse

Etymology 1

From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes).

Pronunciation

  • (with the horse-hoarse merger)
    • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôs, IPA(key): /hɔːs/
    • (General American) enPR: hôrs, /hoɹs/, [ho̞ɹs]
    • Homophone: horse (after the horse-hoarse merger)
    • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
  • (without the horse–hoarse merger)
    • (rhotic) enPR: hōrs, IPA(key): /hoː(ə)ɹs/
    • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /hoəs/
    • (Early Modern English) /hoːɹs/

Adjective

hoarse (comparative hoarser, superlative hoarsest)

  1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.
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Verb

hoarse (third-person singular simple present hoarses, present participle hoarsing, simple past and past participle hoarsed)

  1. (uncommon) To utter hoarsely; to croak.

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Etymology 2

Noun

hoarse (plural hoarses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of horse
    • 1668, act, quoted in 1912, Sandwich and Bourne, Colony and Town Records, page 20:
      The 15. 3 mo. 1668 - An act maid in a Towne Meting to provent hoarses and meares from doinge damage, as foloeth. All such hoarses and meares, as comonly kepes about the towne, or in the towne stretes, or comonly doth goe in to the towne neck, […]
    • (Can we date this quote?), quoted in 1934, The North Carolina Historical Review (and also in 1981, Doris Cline Ward, Charles D. Biddix, The Heritage of Old Buncombe County):
      […] we got in to Town after Dark on the 18th I staid in Town Mr. Newnon's hoarse got Lame and him & I swapt'd hoarses and Drank whiskey on the 19th he Started home I staid in Town Expecting some intillegence from Mr.Taylor on the 20th we made a Party and went to the Paths and Run every turkey in […]

Anagrams

  • Hoares, ahorse, ashore, hearos, shoare

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