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Is oyster a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oyster is a Scrabble US word. The word oyster is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is oyster a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oyster is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is oyster a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oyster is a Words With Friends word. The word oyster is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

OYSTER,ROSETY,STOREY,TOYERS,TYROES,

5-letter words (22 found)

ESTRO,EYOTS,OYERS,RESTO,RESTY,ROSET,ROTES,ROYST,RYOTS,STORE,STORY,STROY,STYRE,TORES,TORSE,TOYER,TREYS,TROYS,TYERS,TYRES,TYROS,YORES,

4-letter words (39 found)

EROS,ERST,EYOT,ORES,ORTS,OYER,OYES,REOS,REST,RETS,ROES,ROSE,ROST,ROSY,ROTE,ROTS,RYES,RYOT,SORE,SORT,STEY,STYE,TOES,TOEY,TORE,TORS,TORY,TOSE,TOYS,TRES,TREY,TROY,TRYE,TYER,TYES,TYRE,TYRO,YEST,YORE,

3-letter words (31 found)

ERS,EST,OES,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,OYE,OYS,REO,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,RYE,SER,SET,SEY,SOT,SOY,STY,SYE,TES,TOE,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYE,YER,YES,YET,

2-letter words (14 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OR,OS,OY,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 112 words from oyster according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oyster

oyster

Alternative forms

  • erster (New York City and New Orleans)
  • oister (obsolete)
  • oystre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪstə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪstəɹ/
  • (Southern American English, regional) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪst͡ʃəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪstə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: oy‧ster

Noun

oyster (plural oysters)

  1. Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
  2. The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
  3. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
  4. (colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
  5. (figurative) Something at one's disposal.
  6. (UK, slang) A shoplifter.
  7. (UK, slang) Ellipsis of Oyster card.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ostraceous

Translations

Adjective

oyster (comparative more oyster, superlative most oyster)

  1. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

Verb

oyster (third-person singular simple present oysters, present participle oystering, simple past and past participle oystered)

  1. (intransitive) To fish for oysters.

See also

  • astragalus
  • bluepoint
  • carpetbag steak
  • clam
  • lungwort
  • mussel
  • Ostreidae
  • salsify
  • spat
  • Appendix:Colors

References

  • “oyster”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • oyster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Storey, Troyes, oystre, storey, toyers, tyroes

Source: wiktionary.org