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Is oor a Scrabble word?

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

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Is oor a Scrabble UK word?

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

O1O1R1

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3-letter words (2 found)

OOR,ROO,

2-letter words (2 found)

OO,OR,

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

All 3 letters words made out of oor

oor oor oro roo oro roo

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Definitions and meaning of oor

oor

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊə̯r/

Etymology 1

From Dutch oor (“ear”), from Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

Noun

oor (plural ore)

  1. ear

Etymology 2

From Dutch over, from Middle Dutch over, from Old Dutch *ovar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, from *upo.

Preposition

oor

  1. over, above
  2. beyond, across
  3. about, concerning
  4. because of
Alternative forms
  • oer (obsolete)
  • oër (obsolete)
  • o'er (obsolete)
  • ower (obsolete)

Conjunction

oor

  1. because
Synonyms
  • oordat

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ore, from Old Dutch ōra, from Proto-West Germanic *auʀā, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-. Compare German Ohr, West Frisian ear, English ear, Danish øre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːr/
  • Hyphenation: oor
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

oor n (plural oren, diminutive oortje n)

  1. ear
  2. handle (of cup, mug)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: oor
  • Jersey Dutch: ôr
  • Negerhollands: oor, hoor, ho

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Low German Ohr.

Noun

oor

  1. ear

See also

  • German Low German: Or

Manx

Etymology

From Middle English houre (or via Anglo-Norman), from Latin hōra. Certainly did not descend from Old Irish úar, but both the Manx and Old Irish terms are ultimately from the same source.

Noun

oor f (genitive singular oor, plural ooryn)

  1. hour

Middle English

Noun

oor

  1. Alternative form of ore (“ore”)

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English hour.

Noun

oor (plural oors)

  1. hour

Etymology 2

From Old English ūre, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz. Doublet of wir.

Pronoun

oor

  1. our
Synonyms
  • wir

Solon

Noun

oor

  1. steam

References

  • Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

Yola

Alternative forms

  • our, ure, oure, owre, oore

Etymology

From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, from Proto-West Germanic *unsar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uː/

Determiner

oor

  1. our

Derived terms

  • ourzels

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60

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