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Is remora a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word remora is a Scrabble US word. The word remora is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

R1E1M3O1R1A1

Is remora a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word remora is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

R1E1M3O1R1A1

Is remora a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word remora is a Words With Friends word. The word remora is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1M4O1R1A1

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6-letter words (3 found)

MARERO,REMORA,ROAMER,

5-letter words (7 found)

ARMER,ARMOR,MAROR,MORAE,MORRA,ORMER,REARM,

4-letter words (14 found)

AERO,MARE,MOER,MORA,MORE,OMER,ORRA,RARE,REAM,REAR,ROAM,ROAR,ROMA,RORE,

3-letter words (22 found)

AME,ARE,ARM,EAR,EMO,ERA,ERM,ERR,MAE,MAR,MOA,MOE,MOR,OAR,OMA,ORA,ORE,RAM,REM,REO,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AM,AR,EA,EM,ER,MA,ME,MO,OE,OM,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from remora according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of remora

remora

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɔːɹə/, /ˈɹɛməɹə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹiˈmɔɹə/, /ˈɹɛməɹə/
  • Hyphenation: re‧mo‧ra

Noun

remora (plural remora or remorae or remoras)

  1. Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. [from mid 16th c.]
    Synonyms: echeneid, echeneidid, sharksucker, suckerfish, suckfish, (obsolete) suckstone
  2. (heraldry) A serpent.
  3. (obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
  4. (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.

Hyponyms

  • (fish): pegador, swordfish sucker, whalesucker

Related terms

  • Remora
  • remorate

Translations

References

Further reading

  • remora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Marero, roamer

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English remora, borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: re‧mo‧ra

Noun

remora

  1. a remora; any of various elongate brown fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals

Finnish

Etymology

From translingual Remora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈremorɑ/, [ˈre̞mo̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -emorɑ
  • Syllabification(key): re‧mo‧ra

Noun

remora

  1. remora (fish)

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.mo.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmora
  • Hyphenation: rè‧mo‧ra

Noun

remora f (plural remore)

  1. hesitation, scruple
  2. remora (fish)

Anagrams

  • armerò, ormare, ormerà, ramerò

Source: wiktionary.org