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Is serious a Scrabble word?

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

S1E1R1I1O1U1S1

Is serious a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1E1R1I1O1U1S1

Is serious a Words With Friends word?

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

S1E1R1I1O1U2S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

SERIOUS,

6-letter words (12 found)

ISSUER,OSIERS,ROSIES,ROUSES,SEISOR,SEROUS,SIEURS,SOURSE,SOUSER,URESIS,UROSES,UROSIS,

5-letter words (22 found)

EUROS,ISSUE,OSIER,OURIE,RESUS,RISES,RISUS,ROSES,ROUES,ROUSE,RUSES,RUSSE,SEIRS,SIEUR,SIRES,SORES,SORUS,SOURS,SOUSE,SUERS,SURES,USERS,

4-letter words (34 found)

EROS,EUOI,EURO,IRES,ISOS,IURE,ORES,OSES,OURS,REIS,REOS,RISE,ROES,ROSE,ROUE,RUES,RUSE,SEIR,SEIS,SERS,SIES,SIRE,SIRS,SORE,SORI,SOUR,SOUS,SRIS,SUER,SUES,SURE,URES,USER,USES,

3-letter words (30 found)

ERS,ESS,IOS,IRE,ISO,OES,OIS,ORE,ORS,OSE,OUR,OUS,REI,REO,RES,ROE,RUE,SEI,SER,SIR,SIS,SOS,SOU,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,SUS,URE,USE,

2-letter words (14 found)

ER,ES,IO,IS,OE,OI,OR,OS,OU,RE,SI,SO,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 114 words from serious according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of serious

serious

Etymology

From Middle English seryows, from Old French serieux, from Medieval Latin sēriōsus, an extension of Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”). Cognate with German schwer (“heavy, difficult, severe”), Old English swǣr (“heavy, grave, grievous”). More at swear, sweer.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əs/, /ˈsɪː.ɹɪ.əs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɚ.i.əs/, /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs
  • Homophones: cereous, Sirius (one pronunciation)

Adjective

serious (comparative more serious, superlative most serious)

  1. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition
    Synonyms: earnest, solemn
    deadly serious
  2. Important; weighty; not insignificant
  3. Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving
  4. (of a relationship) Committed.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:serious

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "important, weighty"): trifling, unimportant
  • (antonym(s) of "intending what is said"): jesting

Derived terms

  • srs (abbreviation)
  • dead serious
  • ha ha only serious
  • joco-serious
  • non-serious
  • self-serious
  • seriously
  • seriousness
  • serious-minded
  • serious-mindedly
  • serious-mindedness

Translations

Adverb

serious (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial or dialect) seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious)

Further reading

  • “serious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “serious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org