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Is rigour a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word rigour is a Scrabble US word. The word rigour is worth 7 points in Scrabble:
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Is rigour a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word rigour is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:
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Is rigour a Words With Friends word?
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6-letter words (1 found)
RIGOUR,
5-letter words (2 found)
GUIRO,RIGOR,
4-letter words (3 found)
GIRO,GIRR,GORI,
3-letter words (8 found)
GIO,GOR,GRR,GUR,ORG,OUR,RIG,RUG,
2-letter words (9 found)
GI,GO,GU,IO,OI,OR,OU,UG,UR,
You can make 23 words from rigour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of rigour
rigour
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English rigour, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”). Compare French rigueur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/
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- Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
- Homophones: rigor, rigger
Noun
rigour (countable and uncountable, plural rigours)
- Severity or strictness.
- Harshness, as of climate.
- A trembling or shivering response.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (British) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
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Further reading
- “rigor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “rigour”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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