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Is reservoir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reservoir is a Scrabble US word. The word reservoir is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is reservoir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reservoir is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

R1E1S1E1R1V4O1I1R1

Is reservoir a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word reservoir is a Words With Friends word. The word reservoir is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

RESERVOIR,

8-letter words (1 found)

ORRERIES,

7-letter words (9 found)

EROSIVE,REIVERS,REVERSI,REVERSO,REVISER,REVISOR,RIEVERS,ROSIERE,SORRIER,

6-letter words (22 found)

ERRORS,REIVER,REIVES,RERISE,REROSE,REVERS,REVIES,REVISE,RIEVER,RIEVES,RIVERS,RORIER,ROSIER,ROVERS,SERVER,SIRREE,SOEVER,SOIREE,VERIER,VERSER,VIREOS,VIROSE,

5-letter words (33 found)

EREVS,EROSE,ERROR,ORRIS,OSIER,OVERS,REIVE,REVIE,RIEVE,RISER,RIVER,RIVES,RORES,RORIE,ROVER,ROVES,SERER,SERRE,SERVE,SERVO,SEVER,SIEVE,SIREE,SIVER,SOREE,SORER,VEERS,VERSE,VERSO,VIERS,VIREO,VIRES,VISOR,

4-letter words (38 found)

ERES,EREV,EROS,ERRS,EVER,EVES,EVOE,EVOS,IRES,ORES,OVER,REES,REIS,REOS,REVS,RISE,RIVE,RIVO,ROES,RORE,ROSE,ROVE,SEER,SEIR,SERE,SERR,SIRE,SORE,SORI,VEER,VEES,VERS,VIER,VIES,VIRE,VISE,VOES,VORS,

3-letter words (31 found)

ERE,ERR,ERS,EVE,EVO,IOS,IRE,ISO,OES,OIS,ORE,ORS,OSE,REE,REI,REO,RES,REV,ROE,SEE,SEI,SER,SEV,SIR,SOV,SRI,VEE,VIE,VIS,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,ER,ES,IO,IS,OE,OI,OR,OS,RE,SI,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 148 words from reservoir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of reservoir

reservoir

Etymology

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɔɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vɔɹ/

Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

  1. A place where anything is kept in store.
  2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
  3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
  4. A supply or source of something.
  5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
  6. (computing) A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • reserve

Translations

Verb

reservoir (third-person singular simple present reservoirs, present participle reservoiring, simple past and past participle reservoired)

  1. (transitive) To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir.

References

  • “reservoir”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reː.zərˈvʋaːr/, /reː.zɛrˈvʋaːr/
  • Hyphenation: re‧ser‧voir

Noun

reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)

  1. reservoir

Derived terms

  • waterreservoir

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: rêsérvoir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch reservoir, from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /rəsɛrˈfoɪr/
  • (Dutch-influenced) IPA(key): /resərˈfoar/
  • Hyphenation: rê‧sér‧vo‧ir
  • Rhymes: -ɪr, -ar, -r

Noun

rêsérvoir (plural reservoir-reservoir, first-person possessive reservoirku, second-person possessive reservoirmu, third-person possessive reservoirnya)

  1. reservoir

Further reading

  • “reservoir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Source: wiktionary.org