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Is snore a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snore is a Scrabble US word. The word snore is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is snore a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snore is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Yes. The word snore is a Words With Friends word. The word snore is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (7 found)

NOSER,ONERS,RENOS,RONES,SENOR,SERON,SNORE,

4-letter words (17 found)

EONS,ERNS,EROS,NOES,NOSE,ONER,ONES,ORES,RENO,RENS,REOS,ROES,RONE,ROSE,SONE,SORE,SORN,

3-letter words (19 found)

ENS,EON,ERN,ERS,NOR,NOS,OES,ONE,ONS,ORE,ORS,OSE,REN,REO,RES,ROE,SEN,SER,SON,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ER,ES,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 55 words from snore according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of snore

snore

English

Etymology

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).

The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /snɔː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /snoɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /sno(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /snoə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Verb

snore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored)

  1. (ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

Synonyms

  • saw wood

Derived terms

  • snorer
  • snoring rail

Translations

Noun

snore (plural snores)

  1. The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
  2. (informal) An extremely boring person or event.
    Synonyms: snoozefest, snore-fest

Derived terms

  • snore-fest

Translations

Anagrams

  • noser, renos, oners, Ernos, Rosen, Ornes, seron, Ensor, Norse, neros, senor, señor, rosen, Roens, Neros, Rones

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

snore

  1. alternative form of snoren

Etymology 2

From Old English fnora, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô.

Alternative forms

  • *fnore

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔːr(ə)/

Noun

snore

  1. (hapax legomenon) snorting
Derived terms
  • snoren
Descendants
  • English: snore
  • Scots: snore

References

  • “snōre, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org