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Is shower a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shower is a Scrabble US word. The word shower is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is shower a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shower is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1H4O1W4E1R1

Is shower a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (4 found)

HOWRES,RESHOW,SHOWER,WHORES,

5-letter words (22 found)

HEROS,HOERS,HORSE,HOSER,HOWES,HOWRE,OWRES,RESOW,ROHES,SEROW,SHERO,SHOER,SHORE,SHREW,SHROW,SOWER,SWORE,WEROS,WERSH,WHORE,WHOSE,WORSE,

4-letter words (32 found)

EROS,HERO,HERS,HEWS,HOER,HOES,HORE,HORS,HOSE,HOWE,HOWS,ORES,OWER,OWES,OWRE,OWSE,REHS,REOS,RESH,REWS,RHOS,ROES,ROHE,ROSE,ROWS,SHEW,SHOE,SHOW,SORE,WERO,WOES,WORE,

3-letter words (30 found)

EHS,ERS,HER,HES,HEW,HOE,HOS,HOW,OES,OHS,ORE,ORS,OSE,OWE,REH,REO,RES,REW,RHO,ROE,ROW,SER,SEW,SHE,SHO,SOH,SOW,WHO,WOE,WOS,

2-letter words (16 found)

EH,ER,ES,EW,HE,HO,OE,OH,OR,OS,OW,RE,SH,SO,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 105 words from shower according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shower

shower

Etymology 1

From Middle English shour, from Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Dutch schoer, German Schauer, Norwegian skur.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: shou'ər, IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
  • (US) enPR: shou'ər, IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)

Noun

shower (plural showers)

  1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade).
  2. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
    Synonym: shower bath
  3. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
    (UK, Australia)
    (especially US)
    Synonym: shower bath
  4. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
  5. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
    1. A bridal shower.
    2. A baby shower.
  7. (juggling) A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
    See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  8. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
  9. (chiefly Ireland, UK, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
    • 1956, Private's Progress (motion picture):
      You all behaved like a shower, now you are to be treated like a shower
  10. (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of and an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
  11. (British, informal, in the singular) A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless.
Descendants
  • → Hindi: शावर (śāvar)
  • → Japanese: シャワー (shawā)
  • → Korean: 샤워 (syawo)
  • → Pashto: شاور (šāwar)
  • → Persian: شاور (šâvar) (Dari)
  • → Urdu: شاوَر (śāvar)
Translations

Verb

shower (third-person singular simple present showers, present participle showering, simple past and past participle showered)

  1. (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
  2. To bathe using a shower.
  3. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
  4. (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.
Synonyms
  • (bathe using a shower): have a shower (British), take a shower (especially US)
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English showre, schawere, schewere (“one who exhibits something, actor; watchman, overseer, guide; sign; mirror; index finger”), from Old English sċēawere (“an observer, one who examines into a matter; a spy; mirror; actor, buffoon”), equivalent to show +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch schouwer (“observer, visionary, clairvoyant”), German Schauer (“an inspector”).

Alternative forms

  • show-er (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/

Noun

shower (plural showers)

  1. One who shows.
  3. An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
  5. (slang) A man whose penis is close to its full (erect) size when flaccid, or the penis itself. [from 1990s]
    Antonym: grower
Derived terms
  • road shower
Translations

Further reading

  • shower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Shower (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Howser, Whoser, howers, howres, reshow, showre, whores

Middle English

Noun

shower

  1. Alternative form of schour

Swedish

Noun

shower

  1. indefinite plural of show

Source: wiktionary.org