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Is oar a Scrabble word?

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

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Is oar a Scrabble UK word?

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

O1A1R1

Is oar a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oar is a Words With Friends word. The word oar is worth 3 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

OAR,ORA,

2-letter words (2 found)

AR,OR,

You can make 4 words from oar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oar

oar

Translingual

Etymology

From English Old Aramaic.

Symbol

oar

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Old Aramaic.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: ôr, IPA(key): /oɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /oə/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ōr, IPA(key): /o(ː)ɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: ore, o'er; or (horse–hoarse merger); aw, awe (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

Noun

oar (plural oars)

  1. A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.
    Synonym: paddle
  2. An oarsman; a rower.
  3. (zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

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Verb

oar (third-person singular simple present oars, present participle oaring, simple past and past participle oared)

  1. (literary) To row; to travel with, or as if with, oars.

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Translations

Anagrams

  • AOR, AoR, ora, aro, Roa, ARO, ROA, Ora, Rao

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian other.

Adjective

oar

  1. other
  2. different

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • feroarje

Further reading

  • “oar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org