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Is squander a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word squander is a Scrabble US word. The word squander is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

S1Q10U1A1N1D2E1R1

Is squander a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word squander is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

S1Q10U1A1N1D2E1R1

Is squander a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word squander is a Words With Friends word. The word squander is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1Q10U2A1N2D2E1R1

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8-letter words (1 found)

SQUANDER,

7-letter words (4 found)

ASUNDER,DANSEUR,DAUNERS,SQUARED,

6-letter words (19 found)

DAUNER,DEARNS,DENARS,DRUSEN,NURSED,QUEANS,QUENAS,QUERNS,REDANS,RUEDAS,SANDER,SNARED,SQUARE,SUNDAE,SUNDER,SUNDRA,UNDEAR,UNREAD,URENAS,

5-letter words (62 found)

ARSED,AUNES,AURES,DARES,DARNS,DAURS,DEANS,DEARN,DEARS,DENAR,DERNS,DRUSE,DUANS,DUARS,DUNES,DURAS,DURES,DURNS,EARDS,EARNS,NARDS,NARES,NEARS,NERDS,NUDER,NUDES,NURDS,NURSE,QUADS,QUARE,QUEAN,QUENA,QUERN,RANDS,RASED,RAUNS,READS,REANS,REDAN,RENDS,RUDAS,RUDES,RUEDA,RUNDS,RUNED,RUNES,SANED,SANER,SARED,SEDAN,SNARE,SNEAD,SQUAD,SURED,UNDER,UNRED,URASE,UREAS,URENA,URNED,URSAE,USNEA,

4-letter words (89 found)

ANDS,ANES,ANUS,ARDS,ARED,ARES,ARSE,AUNE,DAES,DANS,DARE,DARN,DAUR,DEAN,DEAR,DENS,DERN,DEUS,DUAN,DUAR,DUES,DUNE,DUNS,DURA,DURE,DURN,EANS,EARD,EARN,EARS,EAUS,ENDS,ERAS,ERNS,NADS,NAES,NARD,NARE,NEAR,NEDS,NERD,NUDE,NURD,NURS,QUAD,RADE,RADS,RAND,RASE,RAUN,READ,REAN,REDS,REND,RENS,RUDE,RUDS,RUED,RUES,RUND,RUNE,RUNS,RUSA,RUSE,SADE,SAND,SANE,SARD,SEAN,SEAR,SENA,SEND,SERA,SNAR,SNED,SUED,SUER,SURA,SURD,SURE,UNDE,URDE,URDS,UREA,URES,URNS,URSA,USED,USER,

3-letter words (59 found)

ADS,AND,ANE,ANS,ARD,ARE,ARS,AUE,DAE,DAN,DAS,DEN,DUE,DUN,EAN,EAR,EAS,EAU,EDS,END,ENS,ERA,ERN,ERS,NAE,NAS,NED,NUR,NUS,QUA,RAD,RAN,RAS,RED,REN,RES,RUD,RUE,RUN,SAD,SAE,SAN,SAR,SAU,SEA,SED,SEN,SER,SUD,SUE,SUN,SUQ,SUR,UDS,UNS,URD,URE,URN,USE,

2-letter words (19 found)

AD,AE,AN,AR,AS,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,ER,ES,NA,NE,NU,RE,UN,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 254 words from squander according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of squander

squander

Etymology

Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter +‎ wander.

Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskwɒnd.ə/, [ˈskwɒnd.ə]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈskwɑn.dɚ/, [ˈskʷɑn.dɚ]
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Verb

squander (third-person singular simple present squanders, present participle squandering, simple past and past participle squandered)

  1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
    • 1746, Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac
      Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
  2. (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
  3. (obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.

Usage notes

Squander implies starting with many resources, such as great wealth, and then wasting them (using them up to little purpose or little effect), often ending with little. Particularly used in phrases such as “squander an opportunity” or “squander an inheritance”. It may be used even if one starts with little, though usually in some construction such as “squander what little he had”.

Synonyms

  • waste, splurge
  • ducks and drakes
  • throw away

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Anagrams

  • quanders

Source: wiktionary.org