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Is orra a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word orra is a Scrabble US word. The word orra is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is orra a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word orra is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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Is orra a Words With Friends word?

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Valid words made from Orra

You can make 6 words from 'orra' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'orra'

ORRA 4ROAR 4

3 letters words from 'orra'

OAR 3ORA 3

2 letters words from 'orra'

AR 2OR 2

All 4 letters words made out of orra

orra rora orra rora rroa rroa orar roar oarr aorr raor aror orar roar oarr aorr raor aror rrao rrao raro arro raro arro

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

Definitions and meaning of orra

orra

Etymology

Probably originally a reduced form of over + all.

Adjective

orra (comparative more orra, superlative most orra)

  1. (now Scotland) Superfluous; odd, unmatched, left over.
  2. (now Scotland) Of people: idle, unemployed, disreputable. [from 16th c.]
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 16:
      But the bothy billies, the ploughmen and the orra men of the Mains, they'd never care for gentry except to mock at them […]

Anagrams

  • Raro, roar

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈorːɒ], [ˈoːrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: or‧ra

Etymology 1

orr (“nose”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

orra

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of orr
Declension
Derived terms
  • borsot tör az orra alá

Etymology 2

orr (“nose”) +‎ -ra (case suffix)

Noun

orra

  1. sublative singular of orr
Derived terms
  • orra bukik

Irish

Pronoun

orra (emphatic orrasan)

  1. Alternative form of orthu

Italian

Verb

orra

  1. third-person singular present indicative of orrare
  2. second-person singular imperative of orrare

Anagrams

  • raro

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɾə/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

orra f (plural orrachan)

  1. amulet, enchantment
  2. a charm to effect something wonderful
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish forru. Cognates include Irish orthu and Manx orroo.

Pronoun

orra

  1. third-person plural of air: on them
Inflection

Mutation

Further reading

  • “orra” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
  • Malcolm MacLennan, editor (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: John Grant

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (Scots) odd, not matched.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)