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

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Is sever a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (5 found)

EREVS,SERVE,SEVER,VEERS,VERSE,

4-letter words (11 found)

ERES,EREV,EVER,EVES,REES,REVS,SEER,SERE,VEER,VEES,VERS,

3-letter words (10 found)

ERE,ERS,EVE,REE,RES,REV,SEE,SER,SEV,VEE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from sever according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sever

sever

English

Etymology

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”). Doublet of separate, from the past participle of that Latin verb.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)

Verb

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

  1. (transitive) To cut free.
  2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
  3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

Synonyms

  • becut
  • cut off

Derived terms

  • severable
  • severally

Related terms

  • separate

Translations

Further reading

  • “sever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “sever”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sevērus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [səˈβer]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) unknown
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [seˈver]

Adjective

sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

  1. strict, severe

Derived terms

  • severament

Related terms

  • severitat

Further reading

  • “sever”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “sever”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sěver (“spring”), from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ (“north”). See also German Schauer, English shower (originally, "cold rain").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛvɛr]

Noun

sever m inan (relational adjective severní)

  1. north
    Antonym: jih

Declension

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “sever”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “sever”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “sever”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Interlingua

Adjective

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

  1. severe

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Noun

sêver n

  1. drool, saliva

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • sêveren

Descendants

  • Dutch: zever
  • Limburgish: zeiver

Further reading

  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseːfer/, [ˈsɛːfer]
  • (Late Old Frisian) IPA(key): /ˈseːwer/, [ˈsɛːwer]

Noun

sēver m

  1. alternative form of sāver

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sévère, from Latin severus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

  1. strict

Declension

Related terms

  • severitate

Further reading

  • “sever”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • sjȅver (Ijekavian)
  • śȅver (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sêʋer/
  • Hyphenation: se‧ver

Noun

sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

  1. (uncountable) north
    Antonym: jȕg

Declension

Related terms

  • severni

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsever]

Noun

sever m inan (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

  1. North
    na sever ― to the north
    na severe ― in the north
    na sever od Ontaria ― (moving) north of Ontario

Declension

Derived terms

See also

compass points:  [edit]

Further reading

  • “sever”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sèːʋɛr/

Noun

sẹ́ver m inan

  1. north

Declension

Derived terms

  • séveren

Further reading

  • “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Turkish

Verb

sever

  1. third-person singular indicative aorist of sevmek

Source: wiktionary.org