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Is memoir a Scrabble word?

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

M3E1M3O1I1R1

Is memoir a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3E1M3O1I1R1

Is memoir a Words With Friends word?

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

M4E1M4O1I1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

MEMOIR,

5-letter words (3 found)

MIMEO,MIMER,MOIRE,

4-letter words (13 found)

EMIR,MEMO,MERI,MIME,MIRE,MIRO,MOER,MOME,MOMI,MORE,OMER,RIEM,RIME,

3-letter words (17 found)

EMO,ERM,IRE,MEM,MIM,MIR,MOE,MOI,MOM,MOR,ORE,REI,REM,REO,RIM,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (12 found)

EM,ER,IO,ME,MI,MM,MO,OE,OI,OM,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from memoir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of memoir

memoir

Etymology

From French mémoire (“memoir”), from Latin memoria (“memory”). Doublet of memoria and memory.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛmˌwɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈmɛmˌɔɪəɹ/, /ˈmɛmˌwɔːɹ/
  • Hyphenation: mem‧oir

Noun

memoir (plural memoirs)

  1. An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
  2. A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
  3. Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.

Usage notes

A memoir may differ from a simple biography or autobiography by not focusing on the author as the primary subject matter, but on people and events in the subject's life. Emphasis is placed on personal observations about external events.

The plural memoirs is often used to refer to a single work.

Related terms

  • memory

Translations

References

  • “memoir”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN.
  • “memoir”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “memoir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “memoir”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “Memoir” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 341, column 2.
  • Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.571, page 304.

Further reading

  • memoir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “memoir”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • momier

Source: wiktionary.org