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Is oater a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oater is a Scrabble US word. The word oater is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is oater a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oater is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Is oater a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oater is a Words With Friends word. The word oater is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Oater

You can make 51 words from 'oater' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'oater'

OATER 5ORATE 5
ROATE 5 

4 letters words from 'oater'

AERO 4ARET 4
RATE 4RATO 4
ROTA 4ROTE 4
TARE 4TARO 4
TEAR 4TOEA 4
TORA 4TORE 4

3 letters words from 'oater'

ARE 3ART 3
ATE 3EAR 3
EAT 3ERA 3
ETA 3OAR 3
OAT 3ORA 3
ORE 3ORT 3
RAT 3REO 3
RET 3ROE 3
ROT 3TAE 3
TAO 3TAR 3
TEA 3TOE 3
TOR 3 

2 letters words from 'oater'

AE 2AR 2
AT 2EA 2
ER 2ET 2
OE 2OR 2
RE 2TA 2
TE 2TO 2

All 5 letters words made out of oater

oater aoter otaer toaer atoer taoer oaetr aoetr oeatr eoatr aeotr eaotr otear toear oetar eotar teoar etoar ateor taeor aetor eator teaor etaor oatre aotre otare toare atore taore oarte aorte orate roate arote raote otrae torae ortae rotae troae rtoae atroe taroe artoe ratoe traoe rtaoe oaert aoert oeart eoart aeort eaort oaret aoret oraet roaet aroet raoet oerat eorat oreat roeat eroat reoat aerot earot areot raeot eraot reaot otera toera oetra eotra teora etora otrea torea ortea rotea troea rtoea oerta eorta oreta roeta erota reota teroa etroa treoa rteoa ertoa retoa atero taero aetro eatro tearo etaro atreo tareo arteo rateo traeo rtaeo aerto earto areto raeto erato reato terao etrao treao rteao ertao retao

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word oater. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in oater.

Definitions and meaning of oater

oater

Etymology

oat +‎ -er (“Variety -er”). ~1945-50, alluding to the fodder for horses, which are common in the movies.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.tɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Homophone: odor (some dialects)

Noun

oater (plural oaters)

  1. (entertainment) A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie.
    • 1949 January 10, The Great American Horse Opera, in Life,
      In recent years the western or horse opera, known in the trade as the "oater," has come to be recognized as an art form just as formal as the ballet or the symphony. In essence it is the American morality play. To prove his contention that all this is so, Life Photographer John Florea took these unusual pictures during the filming of Yellow Sky. This is a $1,450,000 western with big-name stars (Gregory Peck, Anne Bancroft, Richard Widmark) and technical talent from 20th Century's top drawer, but is basically a typical oater.
    • 1995, Louis Decimus Rubin, Jerry Leath Mills, A Writer's Companion,
      By far the more common was the low-budget "hoss opera" or "oater," ground out in relentless numbers by studios such as Universal and Republic, and designed basically for edification of the young, who took them in on Fridays and Saturdays along with the episode of a serial, a cartoon, a newsreel, and perhaps a bouncing-ball sing-along. There were, to be sure, degrees of the oater; a somewhat more subtle version, designed for adult as well as child viewing, was also made.

Synonyms

  • horse opera, oat opera

See also

  • soap opera
  • sudser

Anagrams

  • Erato, orate

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a cowboy movie.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)