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Is layer a Scrabble word?

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

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Is layer a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is layer a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (5 found)

EARLY,LAYER,LEARY,RAYLE,RELAY,

4-letter words (18 found)

AERY,ARLE,ARYL,AYRE,EARL,EYRA,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LYRA,LYRE,RALE,REAL,RELY,RYAL,YALE,YARE,YEAR,

3-letter words (18 found)

ALE,ARE,ARY,AYE,EAR,ERA,LAR,LAY,LEA,LEY,LYE,RAY,RYA,RYE,YAE,YAR,YEA,YER,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AR,AY,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 53 words from layer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of layer

layer alyer lyaer ylaer ayler yaler laeyr aleyr leayr elayr aelyr ealyr lyear ylear leyar elyar yelar eylar ayelr yaelr aeylr eaylr yealr eyalr layre alyre lyare ylare aylre yalre larye alrye lraye rlaye arlye ralye lyrae ylrae lryae rlyae yrlae rylae ayrle yarle aryle rayle yrale ryale laery alery leary elary aelry ealry larey alrey lraey rlaey arley raley leray elray lreay rleay erlay relay aerly early arely raely eraly realy lyera ylera leyra elyra yelra eylra lyrea ylrea lryea rlyea yrlea rylea lerya elrya lreya rleya erlya relya yerla eyrla yrela ryela eryla reyla ayerl yaerl aeyrl eayrl yearl eyarl ayrel yarel aryel rayel yrael ryael aeryl earyl areyl raeyl erayl reayl yeral eyral yreal ryeal eryal reyal

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Definitions and meaning of layer

layer

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɛə/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈleɪ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.ɚ/, /lɛɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ), -eɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: lair (one pronunciation)

Etymology 1

Appears at first glance to be from Middle English leyer, leyare (“a layer of stones or bricks”), equivalent to lay +‎ -er. In which case, ultimately identical to the other word below that is also spelt layer.

However, this word layer (referring to a thickness of a material covering a surface) has long been argued to be from a respelling of an obsolete sense of the word lair that was once used by farmers, which had to do with soil. The connecting sense between the usual meaning of lair and the specialised farming meaning was: an area where cows typically rest, the ground being fertilised by their waste. Related to lie, ledger.

Noun

layer (plural layers)

  1. A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
    1. An item of clothing worn under or over another.
  2. A (usually) horizontal deposit; a stratum.
  3. One of the items in a hierarchy.
  4. (computer graphics, by analogy to a stack of transparencies) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image; used to keep elements of an image separate so that they can be modified independently from one another.
Synonyms
  • (single thickness): lay (obsolete)
  • (stratum): stratum
Derived terms
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Verb

layer (third-person singular simple present layers, present participle layering, simple past and past participle layered)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cut or divide into layers.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To arrange in layers.
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Etymology 2

lay +‎ -er

Noun

layer (plural layers)

  1. A person who lays anything, such as tiles or a wager.
  2. A mature female bird, insect, etc. that is able to lay eggs.
  3. A hen kept to lay eggs.
  4. A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
Derived terms
  • minelayer
  • net layer
  • tracklayer
Translations

Further reading

  • “layer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “layer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Arely, Arley, Early, Leary, Raley, Rayle, early, leary, re-lay, relay

Source: wiktionary.org