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Is phrase a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word phrase is a Scrabble US word. The word phrase is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3H4R1A1S1E1

Is phrase a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word phrase is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3H4R1A1S1E1

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6-letter words (10 found)

HEPARS,PHARES,PHASER,PHRASE,RAPHES,SERAPH,SHAPER,SHERPA,SPHAER,SPHEAR,

5-letter words (27 found)

APERS,APRES,ASPER,EPHAS,HARES,HARPS,HEAPS,HEARS,HEPAR,PARES,PARSE,PEARS,PHARE,PHASE,PRASE,PRESA,RAPES,RAPHE,REAPS,RHEAS,SHAPE,SHARE,SHARP,SHEAR,SPAER,SPARE,SPEAR,

4-letter words (42 found)

APER,APES,APSE,ARES,ARSE,EARS,EPHA,ERAS,HAES,HAPS,HARE,HARP,HASP,HEAP,HEAR,HEPS,HERS,HESP,PAHS,PARE,PARS,PASE,PASH,PEAR,PEAS,PEHS,RAHS,RAPE,RAPS,RASE,RASH,RASP,REAP,REHS,REPS,RESH,RHEA,SEAR,SERA,SHEA,SPAE,SPAR,

3-letter words (39 found)

AHS,APE,ARE,ARS,ASH,ASP,EAR,EAS,EHS,ERA,ERS,HAE,HAP,HAS,HEP,HER,HES,PAH,PAR,PAS,PEA,PEH,PER,PES,PRE,RAH,RAP,RAS,REH,REP,RES,SAE,SAP,SAR,SEA,SER,SHA,SHE,SPA,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AR,AS,EA,EH,ER,ES,HA,HE,PA,PE,RE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 133 words from phrase according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of phrase

phrase

Etymology

From Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “I tell, express”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: frāz, IPA(key): /fɹeɪz/
  • Rhymes: -eɪz
  • Homophones: fraise, frays

Noun

phrase (plural phrases)

  1. A short written or spoken expression.
    Hypernym: syntagma
  3. (grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, usually consisting of a head, or central word, and elaborating words.
  4. (music) A small section of music in a larger piece.
  5. (archaic) A mode or form of speech; diction; expression.
  6. (dance) A short individual motion forming part of a choreographed dance.

Synonyms

  • (expression): figure of speech, locution
  • See also Thesaurus:phrase

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • phrase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

phrase (third-person singular simple present phrases, present participle phrasing, simple past and past participle phrased)

  1. (transitive) To express (an action, thought or idea) by means of particular words.
  2. (intransitive, music) To perform a passage with the correct phrasing.
  3. (transitive, music) To divide into melodic phrases.

Derived terms

  • phraser
  • phrasing

Related terms

  • paraphrase
  • rephrase

Translations

Further reading

  • “phrase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “phrase”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “phrase”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • E sharp, E-sharp, Harpes, Sharpe, Sherpa, Spehar, e sharp, e-sharp, harpes, hepars, pasher, phares, phaser, raphes, seraph, shaper, sharpe, sherpa, shrape, sphear

French

Etymology

From Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”), from φράζω (phrázō, “to tell, express”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁaz/, /fʁɑz/

Noun

phrase f (plural phrases)

  1. sentence

Usage notes

  • This is a false friend to English phrase.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “phrase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • harpes, phares

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰra.se/, [ˈpʰräs̠ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfra.se/, [ˈfräːs̬e]

Noun

phrase

  1. ablative singular of phrasis

Portuguese

Noun

phrase f (plural phrases)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of frase.

Source: wiktionary.org