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Is savour a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word savour is a Scrabble US word. The word savour is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is savour a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word savour is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1A1V4O1U1R1

Is savour a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word savour is a Words With Friends word. The word savour is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1A1V5O1U2R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

SAVOUR,

5-letter words (7 found)

ARVOS,SAVOR,URAOS,URVAS,VARUS,VOARS,VROUS,

4-letter words (20 found)

ARVO,AVOS,OARS,OSAR,OURS,RAVS,RUSA,SOAR,SORA,SOUR,SURA,URAO,URSA,URVA,UVAS,VARS,VAUS,VOAR,VORS,VROU,

3-letter words (21 found)

ARS,AVO,OAR,ORA,ORS,OUR,OUS,OVA,RAS,RAV,SAR,SAU,SAV,SOU,SOV,SUR,UVA,VAR,VAS,VAU,VOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AR,AS,OR,OS,OU,SO,UR,US,

You can make 57 words from savour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of savour

savour

Alternative forms

  • savor (chiefly US)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɪvə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English savour, from Old French savour, from Latin sapor (“taste, flavor”), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of”). Doublet of sapor.

Noun

savour (countable and uncountable, plural savours) (British spelling)

  1. The specific taste or smell of something.
  2. A distinctive sensation.
  3. Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
  4. Pleasure; appreciation; relish.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English savour, from Old French savourer, from savour, or possibly Late Latin sapōrāre, present active infinitive of sapōrō, from sapor (“taste, flavor”), from sapiō (“taste of, have a flavor of”).

Verb

savour (third-person singular simple present savours, present participle savouring, simple past and past participle savoured) (British spelling)

  1. (intransitive) To possess a particular taste or smell, or a distinctive quality.
  2. (transitive) To appreciate, enjoy or relish something.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To season.
    • 1974, W. R. Barron, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (modern translation)
      […] divers sorts of fish; some baked in bread, some broiled on the coals, some seethed, some in gravy savoured with spices, and all with condiments so cunning that it caused him delight.
Translations

Anagrams

  • varous

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French savor, savour, from Latin sapor, sapōrem.

Noun

savour

  1. taste
Descendants
  • English: savour, savor

Etymology 2

Noun

savour

  1. Alternative form of saveour

Old French

Etymology

From Latin sapor, sapōrem.

Noun

savour oblique singular, m (oblique plural savours, nominative singular savours, nominative plural savour)

  1. taste

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:savour.

Derived terms

  • savourer

Descendants

  • French: saveur
  • → Middle English: savour
    • English: savour, savor

Source: wiktionary.org