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Is smother a Scrabble word?

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

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Is smother a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (3 found)

MOTHERS,SMOTHER,THERMOS,

6-letter words (13 found)

HOMERS,HORMES,HORSTE,METHOS,METROS,MOSHER,MOTHER,MOTSER,OTHERS,RESHOT,THERMS,THROES,TOSHER,

5-letter words (48 found)

ESTRO,ETHOS,HERMS,HEROS,HOERS,HOMER,HOMES,HORME,HORSE,HORST,HOSER,MESTO,METHO,METHS,METRO,MOERS,MOHRS,MORES,MORSE,MORTS,MOSTE,MOTES,MOTHS,OMERS,OTHER,RESTO,ROHES,ROSET,ROTES,SHERO,SHMOE,SHOER,SHORE,SHORT,SHOTE,SMORE,SMOTE,STORE,STORM,TEHRS,TERMS,THERM,THOSE,THROE,TOMES,TORES,TORSE,TREMS,

4-letter words (77 found)

EMOS,EROS,ERST,ETHS,HEMS,HERM,HERO,HERS,HEST,HETS,HOER,HOES,HOME,HOMS,HORE,HORS,HOSE,HOST,HOTE,HOTS,MESH,METH,METS,MHOS,MOER,MOES,MOHR,MORE,MORS,MORT,MOSE,MOSH,MOST,MOTE,MOTH,MOTS,OHMS,OMER,ORES,ORTS,REHS,REMS,REOS,RESH,REST,RETS,RHOS,ROES,ROHE,ROMS,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SHET,SHMO,SHOE,SHOT,SOME,SORE,SORT,SOTH,STEM,TEHR,TEMS,TERM,THEM,THRO,TOES,TOME,TOMS,TORE,TORS,TOSE,TOSH,TREM,TRES,

3-letter words (53 found)

EHS,EMO,EMS,ERM,ERS,EST,ETH,HEM,HER,HES,HET,HOE,HOM,HOS,HOT,MEH,MES,MET,MHO,MOE,MOR,MOS,MOT,OES,OHM,OHS,OMS,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,REH,REM,REO,RES,RET,RHO,ROE,ROM,ROT,SER,SET,SHE,SHO,SOH,SOM,SOT,TES,THE,THO,TOE,TOM,TOR,

2-letter words (21 found)

EH,EM,ER,ES,ET,HE,HM,HO,ME,MO,OE,OH,OM,OR,OS,RE,SH,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 216 words from smother according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of smother

smother

Alternative forms

  • smoother (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsmʌðɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).

Cognate with Middle Low German smoren, smurten (“to choke, suffocate”), West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”), Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother", also "to stew, simmer”), German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”).

Verb

smother (third-person singular simple present smothers, present participle smothering, simple past and past participle smothered)

  1. (transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
  2. (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
  3. (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
    Synonyms: stifle, cover up, conceal, hide
  4. (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
  5. (transitive) To daub or smear.
  6. (intransitive) To be suffocated.
  7. (intransitive) To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
  8. (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
  9. (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
  10. (soccer) To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
  11. (Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
  12. (boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • smotheriness
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”), from Old English smorþor (“smoke”, literally “that which suffocates”), from smorian (“to suffocate, choke”) + -þor (instrumental suffix).

Noun

smother (countable and uncountable, plural smothers)

  1. That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
    1. Smoldering; slow combustion.
    2. Cookware used in such cooking.
    3. (dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
    4. (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
    5. (Australian rules football) The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
Translations

References

  • “smother”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “smother, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • moth-ers, mothers, thermos

Source: wiktionary.org