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Is hover a Scrabble word?

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

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Is hover a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is hover a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

HOVER,

4-letter words (7 found)

HERO,HOER,HORE,HOVE,OVER,ROHE,ROVE,

3-letter words (11 found)

EVO,HER,HOE,ORE,REH,REO,REV,RHO,ROE,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

EH,ER,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from hover according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hover

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Definitions and meaning of hover

hover

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) +‎ -er (frequentative suffix).

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒvə/, (other UK also) IPA(key): /ˈhʌvə/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhɑvɚ/, /ˈhʌvɚ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhɔvə/, /ˈhavə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒvə(ɹ), -ʌvə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: hov‧er

Verb

hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hovering, simple past and past participle hovered)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air.
    2. Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).
    3. (obsolete) Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To remain stationary or float in the air.
    2. (figuratively)
      1. Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.
        Synonym: wasp around
      2. To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
    3. (computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).
    4. (nautical) To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface.

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Derived terms

Related terms

  • hove

Descendants

  • Welsh: hofran

Translations

Noun

hover (plural hovers)

  1. An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
  2. A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
  3. (figuratively) An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension.
  4. (chiefly Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.

Derived terms

  • hovercard
  • hoverfly, hover fly
  • hover hand
  • hover text

Translations

References

Further reading

  • hover (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “hover”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “hover”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “hover”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • høver

Noun

hover m

  1. indefinite plural of hov

Scots

Verb

hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hoverin, simple past hovert, past participle hovert)

  1. to hover
  2. to pause (in hesitation)

Source: wiktionary.org