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Is longer a Scrabble word?

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

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Is longer a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1O1N1G2E1R1

Is longer a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

LONGER,

5-letter words (10 found)

ENROL,ERGON,GENRO,GONER,GRONE,LONER,LONGE,NEGRO,NEROL,OGLER,

4-letter words (28 found)

ENOL,EORL,ERGO,GLEN,GOEL,GOER,GOLE,GONE,GORE,GREN,LENG,LENO,LOGE,LONE,LONG,LORE,LORN,NOEL,NOLE,OGLE,OGRE,ONER,ORLE,REGO,RENO,ROLE,RONE,RONG,

3-letter words (26 found)

EGO,ENG,EON,ERG,ERN,GEL,GEN,GEO,GER,GOE,GON,GOR,LEG,LOG,LOR,NEG,NOG,NOR,OLE,ONE,ORE,ORG,REG,REN,REO,ROE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EN,ER,GO,LO,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from longer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of longer

longer

Etymology 1

From Middle English longer, longere, normalisation of Middle English lenger, lengere (“longer”), from Old English lengra (“longer”), from Proto-Germanic *langizô (“longer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *langaz (“long”), equivalent to long +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian laanger (“longer”), West Frisian langer (“longer”), Dutch langer (“longer”), German länger (“longer”), Danish længere (“longer”), Swedish längre (“longer”), Icelandic lengri (“longer”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɒŋ.ɡə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋ.ɡɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋ.ɡɚ/
  • (Ireland (rural)) IPA(key): [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)

Adjective

longer

  1. comparative form of long: more long

Adverb

longer

  1. comparative form of long: more long
Derived terms

Etymology 2

long (“yearn”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɒŋ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɔŋ.ɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlɑŋ.ɚ/
  • (Ireland (rural)) IPA(key): [ˈlɑŋ.əɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋə(ɹ)

Noun

longer (plural longers)

  1. One who longs or yearns for something.

Further reading

  • “longer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From long +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔ̃.ʒe/

Verb

longer

  1. to walk along, run along

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written longe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

See also

  • border
  • côtoyer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • grêlon

Source: wiktionary.org