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Is nurture a Scrabble word?

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

N1U1R1T1U1R1E1

Is nurture a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1U1R1T1U1R1E1

Is nurture a Words With Friends word?

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

N2U2R1T1U2R1E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

NURTURE,UNTRUER,

6-letter words (3 found)

RETURN,TURNER,UNTRUE,

5-letter words (4 found)

RERUN,TRUER,TUNER,URENT,

4-letter words (11 found)

NURR,RENT,RUER,RUNE,RUNT,RURU,TERN,TRUE,TUNE,TURN,TURR,

3-letter words (16 found)

ERN,ERR,NET,NUR,NUT,REN,RET,RUE,RUN,RUT,TEN,TUN,URE,URN,UTE,UTU,

2-letter words (10 found)

EN,ER,ET,NE,NU,RE,TE,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of nurture

nurture

Alternative forms

  • nouriture (obsolete)
  • nutriture (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)

Noun

nurture (countable and uncountable, plural nurtures)

  1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
    Synonyms: upbringing, raising, education, training
  2. That which nourishes; food; diet.
  3. The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").

Derived terms

  • nature vs nurture

Translations

Verb

nurture (third-person singular simple present nurtures, present participle nurturing, simple past and past participle nurtured)

  1. To nourish or nurse.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
    • 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, →ISBN
      The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.

Synonyms

  • (figuratively, to encourage): See Thesaurus:nurture

Related terms

  • nourish
  • nourishment
  • nurse
  • nursery
  • nurturance
  • nutrient
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • nutritional
  • nutritious
  • nutritive

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • U-turner, untruer

Middle English

Noun

nurture

  1. Alternative form of norture

Source: wiktionary.org