How many points in Scrabble is onager worth? onager how many points in Words With Friends? What does onager mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is onager a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word onager is a Scrabble US word. The word onager is worth 7 points in Scrabble:
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Is onager a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word onager is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:
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Is onager a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word onager is a Words With Friends word. The word onager is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 107 words from onager according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
From Middle English onager, onagir (“wild ass; military catapult”), from Anglo-Norman onager, Middle French onager, onagre, Old French onager, onagre (“wild ass; military catapult”) (modern French onagre), from Late Latin onager (“large siege engine”), Latin onager (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), Byzantine Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “large siege engine”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”) (from ᾰ̓γρός (agrós, “countryside; field”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -ῐος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives)).
The “military engine” sense alludes to the strong recoil of the engine, likened to an onager’s kick; see the 2007 quotation.
onager (plural onagers or onagri)
Borrowed from Latin onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros).
onager m (plural onagers)
From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).
onager m (genitive onagrī); second declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
From Latin onager.
onager oblique singular, m (oblique plural onagers, nominative singular onagers, nominative plural onager)
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros).
onager m animal
onager m inan