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Is software a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word software is a Scrabble US word. The word software is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is software a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word software is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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8-letter words (2 found)

FORWASTE,SOFTWARE,

7-letter words (4 found)

FORESAW,FRETSAW,TWOFERS,WAFTERS,

6-letter words (30 found)

AFTERS,AWETOS,FASTER,FETORS,FETWAS,FOREST,FORTES,FOSTER,FROWST,OATERS,ORATES,OSETRA,RAWEST,ROATES,SAFTER,SOFTER,SOWTER,STOWER,STOWRE,STRAFE,TAWERS,TOWERS,TOWSER,TWOERS,TWOFER,WAFERS,WAFTER,WASTER,WATERS,WORSET,

5-letter words (114 found)

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4-letter words (152 found)

AERO,AFRO,ARES,ARET,AREW,ARFS,AROW,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,AWES,EARS,EAST,EATS,EFTS,ERAS,EROS,ERST,ETAS,EWTS,FARE,FARO,FARS,FART,FAST,FATE,FATS,FAWS,FEAR,FEAT,FEST,FETA,FETS,FEWS,FOES,FORA,FORE,FORT,FRAE,FRAS,FRAT,FRET,FROE,FROS,FROW,OAFS,OARS,OAST,OATS,ORES,ORFE,ORFS,ORTS,OSAR,OWER,OWES,OWRE,OWSE,OWTS,RAFT,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATO,RATS,RAWS,REFS,REFT,REOS,REST,RETS,REWS,ROES,ROSE,ROST,ROTA,ROTE,ROTS,ROWS,ROWT,SAFE,SAFT,SATE,SEAR,SEAT,SERA,SERF,SETA,SOAR,SOFA,SOFT,SORA,SORE,SORT,SOWF,STAR,STAW,STEW,STOA,STOW,SWAT,SWOT,TAES,TAOS,TARE,TARO,TARS,TASE,TAWS,TEAR,TEAS,TEFS,TERF,TEWS,TOEA,TOES,TORA,TORE,TORS,TOSA,TOSE,TOWS,TREF,TRES,TREW,TROW,TSAR,TWAE,TWAS,TWOS,WAES,WAFT,WARE,WARS,WART,WASE,WAST,WATE,WATS,WEAR,WEFT,WERO,WERT,WEST,WETA,WETS,WOES,WOFS,WORE,WORT,WOST,WOTS,

3-letter words (89 found)

AFT,ARE,ARF,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,AWE,EAR,EAS,EAT,EFS,EFT,ERA,ERF,ERS,EST,ETA,EWT,FAE,FAR,FAS,FAT,FAW,FER,FES,FET,FEW,FOE,FOR,FRA,FRO,OAF,OAR,OAT,OES,OFT,ORA,ORE,ORF,ORS,ORT,OSE,OWE,OWT,RAS,RAT,RAW,REF,REO,RES,RET,REW,ROE,ROT,ROW,SAE,SAR,SAT,SAW,SEA,SER,SET,SEW,SOT,SOW,TAE,TAO,TAR,TAS,TAW,TEA,TEF,TES,TEW,TOE,TOR,TOW,TWA,TWO,WAE,WAR,WAS,WAT,WET,WOE,WOF,WOS,WOT,

2-letter words (26 found)

AE,AR,AS,AT,AW,EA,EF,ER,ES,ET,EW,FA,FE,OE,OF,OR,OS,OW,RE,SO,ST,TA,TE,TO,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 418 words from software according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of software

software

Etymology

From soft +‎ -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined by Paul Niquette in 1953; first used in print by Richard Carhart in 1953.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɔf(t)ˌweː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔftˌwɛɹ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɑftˌwɛɹ/
  • Homophone: softwear
  • Hyphenation: soft‧ware

Noun

software (uncountable)

  1. (computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).
    • 1958, John W. Tukey, "The Teaching of Concrete Mathematics" in The American Mathematical Monthly, vol. 65, no. 1 (Jan. 1958), pp 1-9:
      The "software" comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its "hardware" of tubes, transistors, wires, tapes and the like.
    Hyponyms: application software, data-oriented software, kitchen table software, on-premises software, malware, schlockware, shareware, shovelware, spyware, system software
  2. (military) The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles.

Usage notes

Software is a mass noun (some software, a piece of software). By non-native speakers it is sometimes erroneously treated as a countable noun (a software, some softwares).

Hyponyms

  • See Thesaurus:software

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Amharic: ሶፍትዌር (softəwer)

Translations

See also

References

Further reading

  • software on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • forwaste, softwear

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English software.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsoftvɛr]
  • IPA(key): [ˈsoftvɛːr]

Noun

software m inan

  1. (computing) software
    Synonyms: programové vybavení, (rare) programové prostředky

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • hardware

Further reading

  • software on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English software.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔft.ʋɛr/
  • Hyphenation: soft‧ware

Noun

software m (uncountable)

  1. software (encoded computer instructions)
    Synonym: programmatuur

Derived terms

Related terms

  • hardware

French

Pronunciation

Noun

software m (plural softwares)

  1. (archaic) software
    Synonym: logiciel

Further reading

  • “software”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English software.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔf.twɛr/, /ˈsɔf.twer/, /ˈsɔf.twɛ.ar/
  • Rhymes: -ɔftwɛr, -ɔftwer, -ɔftwɛar

Noun

software m (invariable)

  1. (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)

Related terms

  • hardware

References

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English software.

Noun

software m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey, computing) software (encoded computer instructions)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English software.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔft.wɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔftwɛr
  • Syllabification: soft‧ware

Noun

software m inan

  1. (software) software (encoded computer instructions)
    Synonym: oprogramowanie
    Coordinate term: hardware
  2. (technology) technical and organizational ideas

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • software in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English software.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɔft.wɛʁ/, /ˈsɔf.t͡ʃi.wɛʁ/

Noun

software m (plural softwares)

  1. (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
  2. (computing) a piece of software; program

Derived terms

Related terms

  • hardware
  • middleware

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English software.

Noun

software n (plural (rare) software-uri)

  1. (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
    Synonym: soft

Declension

Related terms

  • hardware

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English software.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoftweɾ/ [ˈsoft̪.weɾ], /ˈsofweɾ/ [ˈsof.weɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oftweɾ, -ofweɾ
  • Syllabification: soft‧ware

Noun

software m (plural softwares)

  1. (computing) software (encoded computer instructions)
    Synonym: programa

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms

See also

  • hardware

Further reading

  • “software”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org