1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Laver in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does laver mean? Is laver a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is laver worth? laver how many points in Words With Friends? What does laver mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for laver

See how to calculate how many points for laver.

Is laver a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word laver is a Scrabble US word. The word laver is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1A1V4E1R1

Is laver a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word laver is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1A1V4E1R1

Is laver a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word laver is a Words With Friends word. The word laver is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2A1V5E1R1

Our tools

Valid words made from Laver

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (3 found)

LAVER,RAVEL,VELAR,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARLE,AVEL,AVER,EARL,LAER,LARE,LAVE,LEAR,LEVA,RALE,RAVE,REAL,VALE,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VERA,

3-letter words (13 found)

ALE,ARE,AVE,EAR,ERA,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,RAV,REV,VAE,VAR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from laver according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of laver

laver alver lvaer vlaer avler valer laevr alevr leavr elavr aelvr ealvr lvear vlear levar elvar velar evlar avelr vaelr aevlr eavlr vealr evalr lavre alvre lvare vlare avlre valre larve alrve lrave rlave arlve ralve lvrae vlrae lrvae rlvae vrlae rvlae avrle varle arvle ravle vrale rvale laerv alerv learv elarv aelrv ealrv larev alrev lraev rlaev arlev ralev lerav elrav lreav rleav erlav relav aerlv earlv arelv raelv eralv realv lvera vlera levra elvra velra evlra lvrea vlrea lrvea rlvea vrlea rvlea lerva elrva lreva rleva erlva relva verla evrla vrela rvela ervla revla averl vaerl aevrl eavrl vearl evarl avrel varel arvel ravel vrael rvael aervl earvl arevl raevl eravl reavl veral evral vreal rveal erval reval

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

Definitions and meaning of laver

laver

Etymology 1

From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈleɪvə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/, /ˈlɑvɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -eɪvə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: lava, larva (in non-rhotic accents)
  • Hyphenation: lav‧er

Noun

laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)

  1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
  2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
    1. Porphyra vulgaris
Derived terms
  • black laver (Porphyra dioica)
  • green laver (Ulva lactuca, Monostroma grevillei)
  • kelp laver (Porphyra drachii)
  • laver slack (Porphyra umbilicalis)
  • laver sloke (Porphyra umbilicalis)
  • laverbread (Porphyra umbilicalis)
  • lettuce laver (Ulva lactuca)
  • northern pink laver (Porphyra amplissima)
  • pale patch laver (Porphyra leucosticta)
  • purple laver (Porphyra nereocystis, Porphyra umbilicalis; Ulva lactuca)
  • red laver (Porphyra nereocystis, Porphyra suborbiculata, Porphyra perforata, Porphyra umbilicalis)
  • tough laver (Porphyra umbilicalis)
  • winter laver (Porphyra linearis)
Translations

See also

  • nori

Etymology 2

From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French lavor, lavur, laveor, laveour, laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Doublet of lavatory.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

laver (plural lavers)

  1. One who laves: a washer.
  2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
  3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
Synonyms
  • (washbasin): See washbasin
Translations

Anagrams

  • Ravel, arvel, larve, ravel, reval, velar

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɑwˀɐ]

Noun

laver c or n (lichen)

  1. indefinite plural of lav

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːvɐ/, [ˈlɛːwɐ], [ˈlɛːwɒ̽]

Verb

laver

  1. present tense of lave

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French laver, from Latin lavāre, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.ve/

Verb

laver

  1. to wash
  2. (reflexive) to wash oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “laver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • larve

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.u̯er/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯ɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.ver/, [ˈläːver]

Noun

laver f (genitive laveris); third declension

  1. a water-plant, possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: laver

References

  • “laver”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Verb

laver

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lavō

Middle English

Noun

laver

  1. Alternative form of lavour

Norman

Alternative forms

  • lavaïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French laver, from Latin lavō, lavāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

laver (gerund lav'thie)

  1. (Jersey) to wash

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

laver m or n

  1. indefinite plural of lav

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

Verb

laver

  1. (transitive) to wash
  2. (reflexive, se laver) to get washed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem lev distinct from the unstressed stem lav. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

  • lavanderie

Descendants

  • French: laver
  • Norman: laver (Jersey), lavaïr (Guernsey)

See also

  • nettoier

Source: wiktionary.org