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Is officer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word officer is a Scrabble US word. The word officer is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is officer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word officer is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word officer is a Words With Friends word. The word officer is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

OFFICER,

6-letter words (3 found)

COFFER,COIFFE,OFFICE,

5-letter words (5 found)

FIFER,FORCE,OFFER,OFFIE,REFFO,

4-letter words (24 found)

CERO,CIRE,COFF,COIF,COIR,CORE,CORF,ERIC,FICE,FICO,FIEF,FIER,FIFE,FIRE,FOCI,FORE,FROE,ICER,ORFE,REFI,REIF,RICE,RIFE,RIFF,

3-letter words (24 found)

COR,ECO,EFF,ERF,FER,FIE,FIR,FOE,FOR,FRO,ICE,IFF,IRE,OFF,ORC,ORE,ORF,REC,REF,REI,REO,RIF,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (10 found)

EF,ER,FE,IF,IO,OE,OF,OI,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from officer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of officer

officer

Etymology

From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfɪsə/
    • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɒfəsə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɪsɚ/
    • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔfəsɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑfɪsɚ/
    • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑfəsɚ/
  • (dialectal, informal) IPA(key): /ˈɒfsə/
  • Hyphenation: of‧fi‧cer

Noun

officer (plural officers)

  2. One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
  3. A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
  5. One who holds a public office.
  7. An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
  9. (colloquial, military) A commissioned officer.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • office
  • official
  • officiate

Descendants

  • → Central Dusun: upisor
  • → Punjabi: ਅਫ਼ਸਰ (afasar)
  • → Swahili: afisa

Translations

Verb

officer (third-person singular simple present officers, present participle officering, simple past and past participle officered)

  1. (transitive) To supply with officers.
  2. (transitive) To command as or like an officer.

Synonyms

  • direct
  • conduct
  • manage

Related terms

  • CO
  • NCO

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • offecer, officeer, officeere, officere, officiare, officier, offiser, offycer, offycere, offyseer, oficer

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Latin officiārius; equivalent to office +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔfiˈseːr/, /ˈɔfisər/

Noun

officer (plural officers)

  1. A hireling or subordinate; one employed to serve, especially at an estate.
  2. An official or officeholder; the holder of a prominent office or position.
  3. A municipal, local or societal official or officeholder.
  4. A religious or ecclesiastical official or officeholder.
  5. (religion) A deputy or subordinate of the forces of good or evil.
  6. (rare) One who supervises or organises jousting.
  7. (rare) A member or leader of a military force.

Descendants

  • English: officer
  • Scots: offisher

References

  • “offī̆cē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • officier

Noun

officer oblique singular, m (oblique plural officers, nominative singular officers, nominative plural officer)

  1. officer

References

  • officer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French officer.

Pronunciation

Noun

officer c

  1. officer, a military person of fänrik grade or higher
  2. (archaic) ämbetsman, tjänsteman; one who holds a public office

Declension

Derived terms

  • officerare

References

  • officer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • officer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • officer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org