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Is spoor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spoor is a Scrabble US word. The word spoor is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is spoor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spoor is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is spoor a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spoor is a Words With Friends word. The word spoor is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

PROSO,ROOPS,SOPOR,SPOOR,

4-letter words (8 found)

OOPS,POOR,POOS,PROO,PROS,ROOP,ROOS,SOOP,

3-letter words (10 found)

OOP,OOR,OOS,OPS,ORS,POO,POS,PRO,ROO,SOP,

2-letter words (6 found)

OO,OP,OR,OS,PO,SO,

You can make 28 words from spoor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spoor

spoor psoor sopor ospor posor opsor spoor psoor sopor ospor posor opsor soopr osopr soopr osopr oospr oospr poosr oposr poosr oposr oopsr oopsr sporo psoro sopro ospro posro opsro sproo psroo srpoo rspoo prsoo rpsoo sorpo osrpo sropo rsopo orspo rospo porso oprso proso rposo orpso ropso sporo psoro sopro ospro posro opsro sproo psroo srpoo rspoo prsoo rpsoo sorpo osrpo sropo rsopo orspo rospo porso oprso proso rposo orpso ropso soorp osorp soorp osorp oosrp oosrp sorop osrop sroop rsoop orsop rosop sorop osrop sroop rsoop orsop rosop oorsp oorsp orosp roosp orosp roosp poors opors poors opors ooprs ooprs poros opros proos rpoos orpos ropos poros opros proos rpoos orpos ropos oorps oorps orops roops orops roops

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word spoor. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in spoor.

Definitions and meaning of spoor

spoor

Etymology

Early 19th century, from Afrikaans spoor, from Dutch spoor (“track”).

Akin to Old English and Old Norse spor (whence Danish spor), and German Spur, all from Proto-Germanic *spurą. Compare spurn.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spʊə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /spʊɹ/, /spɔɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔɹ
  • Homophone: spore (in some accents)

Noun

spoor (usually uncountable, plural spoors)

  1. The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal.

Translations

Verb

spoor (third-person singular simple present spoors, present participle spooring, simple past and past participle spoored)

  1. (transitive) To track an animal by following its spoor

References

Anagrams

  • proso, roops, sopor, sporo-

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spoːr/
  • Hyphenation: spoor
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch *spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

Noun

spoor n (plural sporen, diminutive spoortje n)

  1. track
  2. railway track
  3. trace
  4. spoor
  5. lead, trail, clue
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: spoor
    • → English: spoor
    • → Fanagalo: spor
    • → Zulu: sipolo
  • Jersey Dutch: spôr
  • Negerhollands: spoor
  • Petjo: sepoor
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sepur
  • → Indonesian: sepur (“railway track”)
  • → Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥꦸꦂ (sepur)
    • → Indonesian: sepur (“train”) (semantic loan)
  • → Papiamentu: spor

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch spore, from Old Dutch *spora, variant of *sporo, from Proto-West Germanic *spurō, from Proto-Germanic *spurô, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (“to kick”).

Noun

spoor f (plural sporen, diminutive spoortje n)

  1. spur (multiple senses)
  2. spore
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: spor, spoor

Middle English

Noun

spoor

  1. Alternative form of spore

Source: wiktionary.org