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Is scare a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scare is a Scrabble US word. The word scare is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is scare a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scare is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is scare a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word scare is a Words With Friends word. The word scare is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (9 found)

ACERS,ACRES,CARES,CARSE,ESCAR,RACES,SCARE,SCRAE,SERAC,

4-letter words (19 found)

ACER,ACES,ACRE,AESC,ARCS,ARES,ARSE,CARE,CARS,CASE,CEAS,EARS,ERAS,RACE,RASE,RECS,SCAR,SEAR,SERA,

3-letter words (18 found)

ACE,ARC,ARE,ARS,CAR,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,RAS,REC,RES,SAC,SAE,SAR,SEA,SEC,SER,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AR,AS,EA,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from scare according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of scare

scare csare sacre ascre casre acsre scrae csrae srcae rscae crsae rcsae sarce asrce srace rsace arsce rasce carse acrse crase rcase arcse racse scaer csaer sacer ascer caser acser scear csear secar escar cesar ecsar saecr asecr seacr esacr aescr eascr caesr acesr ceasr ecasr aecsr eacsr screa csrea srcea rscea crsea rcsea scera csera secra escra cesra ecsra sreca rseca serca esrca resca ersca cresa rcesa cersa ecrsa recsa ercsa sarec asrec sraec rsaec arsec rasec saerc aserc searc esarc aesrc easrc sreac rseac serac esrac resac ersac aresc raesc aersc earsc reasc erasc cares acres craes rcaes arces races caers acers cears ecars aecrs eacrs creas rceas ceras ecras recas ercas arecs raecs aercs earcs reacs eracs

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Definitions and meaning of scare

scare

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skɛə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /skɛɚ/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /skɪə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English sker, skere (“terror, fright”), from the verb Middle English skerren (“to frighten”) (see below).

Noun

scare (plural scares)

  1. A minor fright.
  2. A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
  3. A device or object used to frighten.
Synonyms
  • fright
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • scarecrow

Etymology 2

From Middle English scaren, skaren, scarren, skeren, skerren, from Old Norse skirra (“to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”), from Proto-Germanic *skirzijaną (“to shoo, scare off”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to swing, jump, move”). Related to Old Norse skjarr (“timid, shy, afraid of”). Cognate with Scots skar (“wild, timid, shy”), dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk skjerra, dialectal Swedish skjarra and possibly Old Armenian ցիռ (cʻiṙ, “wild ass”).

Verb

scare (third-person singular simple present scares, present participle scaring, simple past and past participle scared)

  1. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
Synonyms
  • frighten
  • terrify
  • See also Thesaurus:frighten
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Adjective

scare (comparative more scare, superlative most scare)

  1. lean; scanty

References

Anagrams

  • CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, serac, sérac

French

Etymology

From Latin scarus (also genus name Scarus), from Ancient Greek σκάρος (skáros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaʁ/

Noun

scare m (plural scares)

  1. parrotfish

Further reading

  • “scare”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, races, sacre, sacré

Source: wiktionary.org