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Is lor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lor is a Scrabble US word. The word lor is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Is lor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lor is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

L1O1R1

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You can make 3 words from 'lor' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'lor'

LOR 3 

2 letters words from 'lor'

LO 2OR 2

All 3 letters words made out of lor

lor olr lro rlo orl rol

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Definitions and meaning of lor

lor

Etymology

From Cantonese or Min Nan 囉／啰 (lo).

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /lɔː˦/

Particle

lor (Singlish, Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial)

  1. Used to convey a sense of resignation.
  2. Places an emphasis on what is expected to be readily inferable.

See also

  • leh, hor, meh, mah

References

  • Low, Ee Ling; Brown, Adam (2005) English in Singapore: An Introduction‎[1]
  • Wee, Lionel (2002), “Lor in colloquial Singapore English”, in Journal of Pragmatics‎[2], volume 34, issue 6

Anagrams

  • LRO, ORL, orl

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • a lor, loru, alor, aloru

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Romanian lor.

Pronoun

lor (genitive form of elj, and eali)

  1. their

Pronoun

lor (long/stressed dative form of elj, and eali)

  1. to them

Usage notes

Always preceded by 'a'- "a lor".

Related terms

  • (a) lui (masculine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • (a) ljei (feminine singular dative- long/stressed form)
  • lã (masculine/feminine plural dative- short/unstressed form)

Breton

Adjective

lor

  1. dirty

Cantonese

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French lors and alors, Italian allora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lor/, /lɔɾ/

Preposition

lor

  1. at the time of (an event), at the same time as

Derived terms

  • lora (“then, now”)
  • lore (“then, at the time”)

See also

  • dum (“during, in (a period of time)”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese lor (ꦭꦺꦴꦂ), from Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud. Doublet of laut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔr]
  • Hyphenation: lor

Noun

lor

  1. (Java) north

Further reading

  • “lor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian loro and French leur.

Determiner

lor

  1. (possessive) their

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese lor, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud, from Proto-Austronesian *lahud.

Noun

lor (ngoko lor, krama lèr)

  1. north, one of compass points

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points)

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: lor

Adjective

lor

  1. northern

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

  • or

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loː/

Etymology 1

From French or

Noun

lor

  1. Gold

Etymology 2

From French là-haut

Preposition

lor

  1. on
    Antonym: anba

Old French

Alternative forms

  • leur
  • lur

Etymology

From Latin illōrum.

Pronoun

lor

  1. to them (third-person indirect object pronoun)

Determiner

lor

  1. their (third-person plural possessive)

Descendants

  • French: leur

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin illōrum (“of those”), genitive plural of ille, illud. Compare Italian loro, French leur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lor/

Pronoun

lor (genitive form of ei, and ele)

  1. (also possessive determiner) their

Synonyms

  • (less frequently used): săi (masculine), sale (feminine)

Pronoun

lor (dative form of ei, and ele)

  1. to them

See also

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian لور‎.

Noun

lor (definite accusative loru, plural lorlar)

  1. A whey cheese similar to ricotta.

Declension

Wolof

Noun

lor (definite form lor wi)

  1. saliva
    Synonym: tëflit

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (colloquial) for lord, an interjection expressing surprise.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)