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Is rover a Scrabble word?

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

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Is rover a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

ROVER,

4-letter words (3 found)

OVER,RORE,ROVE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERR,EVO,ORE,REO,REV,ROE,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (4 found)

ER,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from rover according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of rover

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Definitions and meaning of rover

rover

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊvə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊvɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ver

Etymology 1

From Middle English roven (“to wander, to shoot an arrow randomly”) +‎ -er.

Noun

rover (plural rovers)

  1. (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.
  2. One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
  3. A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.
    She is a rover and dislikes any sort of ties, physical or emotional.
  4. A vehicle for exploring extraterrestrial bodies.
    • September 19, 2005, Dave Lane, Mars Exploration Rover "OPPORTUNITY"
      NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is currently traveling southward over a pavement of outcrop dubbed the "Erebus Highway." "Erebus Crater," the rover's next target, lies less than 100 meters (328 feet) south of its current position
  5. A remotely-operated vehicle; ROV
  6. (Australian Rules football) A position that is one of three of a team's followers, who follow the ball around the ground. Formerly a position for short players, rovers in professional leagues are frequently over 183 cm (6').
  7. (American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.
  8. (croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
  9. (baseball) The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.
  10. (obsolete) A sort of arrow.
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Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch roven (“to rob”). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian røver (“robber, thief, highwayman, brigand”), Swedish rövare, German Räuber. Compare the native English word reaver, which is ultimately the same composition.

Noun

rover (plural rovers)

  1. A pirate.
  2. A pirate ship.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rôvere. Equivalent to roven +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroː.vər/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ver
  • Rhymes: -oːvər

Noun

rover m (plural rovers, diminutive rovertje n)

  1. robber

Derived terms

  • roversbende
  • rovershol
  • roversnest
  • straatrover
  • struikrover
  • zeerover (“pirate”)

Related terms

  • roof

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: rower

Anagrams

  • vrore

Old French

Alternative forms

  • ruver

Etymology

First known attestation 881 in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia. From Latin rogāre, present active infinitive of rogō. The forms in -uis- was very likely due to analogy with forms of pooir.

Verb

rover

  1. to order (give an order)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem ruev distinct from the unstressed stem rov, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

  • rovaison

Source: wiktionary.org