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Is meander a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word meander is a Scrabble US word. The word meander is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is meander a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word meander is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word meander is a Words With Friends word. The word meander is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (6 found)

AMENDER,ENARMED,MEANDER,REAMEND,REEDMAN,RENAMED,

6-letter words (20 found)

AMENDE,AMENED,DAMNER,DEANER,DEMEAN,EARNED,ENDEAR,MANRED,MEANED,MEANER,MENDER,NEARED,RANDEM,README,REAMED,REMADE,REMAND,REMEAD,REMEND,RENAME,

5-letter words (39 found)

ADEEM,ADMEN,AMEER,AMEND,AMENE,AREDE,ARENE,ARMED,DEARE,DEARN,DEMAN,DENAR,DERMA,DREAM,EANED,EARED,EDEMA,EMEND,ENARM,ENDER,ENEMA,ERNED,MADRE,MANED,MEANE,MEARE,MENAD,MENED,MERDE,MERED,NAMED,NAMER,RAMEE,RAMEN,RANEE,REAME,REDAN,REMAN,REMEN,

4-letter words (51 found)

AMEN,ARED,DAME,DAMN,DARE,DARN,DEAN,DEAR,DEEM,DEEN,DEER,DEME,DENE,DERE,DERM,DERN,DRAM,DREE,EARD,EARN,ERED,ERNE,MADE,MAND,MANE,MARD,MARE,MEAD,MEAN,MEED,MEER,MEND,MENE,MERE,NAME,NARD,NARE,NEAR,NEED,NEEM,NEMA,NERD,RADE,RAND,READ,REAM,REAN,REDE,REED,REEN,REND,

3-letter words (40 found)

AME,AND,ANE,ARD,ARE,ARM,DAE,DAM,DAN,DEE,DEN,EAN,EAR,EEN,EME,END,ENE,ERA,ERE,ERM,ERN,MAD,MAE,MAN,MAR,MED,MEE,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAM,NED,NEE,RAD,RAM,RAN,RED,REE,REM,REN,

2-letter words (18 found)

AD,AE,AM,AN,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EM,EN,ER,MA,ME,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 175 words from meander according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of meander

meander

Alternative forms

  • mæander (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /miˈændə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /miˈændɚ/

Noun

meander (plural meanders)

  1. (often plural) One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.
  2. (geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
  3. A tortuous or winding journey.
  4. Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
  5. (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
  6. (possibly obsolete) A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered)

  1. (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage
    Synonyms: wind, worm
  2. (intransitive) To be intricate.
  3. (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous.

Translations

References

  • The Chambers Dictionary (1998)
  • “meander”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • meander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Büyük Menderes River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Merenda, amender, enarmed, reamend, reedman, renamed

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).

Noun

meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandere or meandre or meandrer, definite plural meanderne or meandrene)

  1. a meander (in a river)

Derived terms

  • meandersjø
  • meandrere

References

  • “meander” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “meander” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).

Noun

meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandrar, definite plural meandrane)

  1. a meander (in a river)

Derived terms

  • meandersjø

References

  • “meander” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mäander, from Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈan.dɛr/
  • Rhymes: -andɛr
  • Syllabification: me‧an‧der

Noun

meander m inan

  1. meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse)
    Synonym: zakole
  2. meander, meandros (decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • meander in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • meander in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeanɟer]

Noun

meander m inan (genitive singular meandra, nominative plural meandre, genitive plural meandrov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse)

References

  • “meander”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).

Noun

meander c

  1. a meander (in a river)

Declension

References

  • meander in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • meander in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • meander in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org