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Is ochre a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ochre a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is ochre a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

CHORE,OCHER,OCHRE,

4-letter words (10 found)

CERO,CHER,CORE,ECHO,HERO,HOER,HORE,OCHE,ROCH,ROHE,

3-letter words (16 found)

CHE,COR,ECH,ECO,HER,HOC,HOE,OCH,ORC,ORE,REC,REH,REO,RHO,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (9 found)

CH,EH,ER,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from ochre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ochre

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

Definitions and meaning of ochre

ochre

Etymology 1

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Alternative forms

  • ocher (chiefly US)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊkə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊkɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)

Noun

ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres)

  1. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide
  2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour
  3. (molecular biology, colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA."
  4. (slang) Money, especially gold.
  5. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Irish: ócar
  • → Welsh: ocr
Translations

Adjective

ochre (not comparable)

  1. Having a yellow-orange colour.
  2. (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
Translations

Verb

ochre (third-person singular simple present ochres, present participle ochring or ochreing, simple past and past participle ochred)

  1. To cover or tint with ochre.

See also

  • ochrous / ochreous
  • kokowai
  • ruddle
  • Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but compare Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).

Noun

ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of okra.

References

  • “ochre”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “ochre”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “okra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

  • -chore, Roche, chore, ocher, roche

Source: wiktionary.org