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Is steer a Scrabble word?

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

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Is steer a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (9 found)

ESTER,REEST,RESET,STEER,STERE,TEERS,TERES,TERSE,TREES,

4-letter words (12 found)

ERES,ERST,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,SEER,SERE,TEER,TEES,TREE,TRES,

3-letter words (11 found)

ERE,ERS,EST,REE,RES,RET,SEE,SER,SET,TEE,TES,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 40 words from steer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of steer

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

Definitions and meaning of steer

steer

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: stĭə(r), IPA(key): /stɪə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /stɪɹ/, /stɪɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English steeren, steren, stiren, sturen, steoren, from Old English stēoran, stīeran, stȳran (“to steer; guide a vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to steer”).

The noun is from Middle English steere, stere (“rudder”), steor, from Old English stēor, stȳr (“steering; guidance; direction”). Compare Dutch stuur, German Steuer, Icelandic stýri.

Verb

steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)

  1. (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
  2. (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
  3. (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
  4. (transitive) To direct a group of animals.
  5. (transitive) To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
  6. (reflexive) To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
  7. (transitive) To direct a conversation.
  8. (transitive) To direct or send an object into a specific place
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See also
  • differential steering
  • steering wheel
  • throttle steering
  • torque steer

Noun

steer (plural steers)

  1. (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
  2. (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English steer, ster, from Old English stēor (“a young bull or cow; steer”), from Proto-Germanic *steuraz (“bull; steer”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (“wild bull; aurochs”). Cognate with Dutch stier, German Stier, Icelandic stjór, Latin taurus (“bull”), Greek ταύρος (távros). Doublet of tur and Taurus.

Noun

steer (plural steers)

  2. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
Synonyms
  • ox
Hypernyms
  • cattle
Hyponyms
  • stirk, bullock
Coordinate terms
  • bull, calf, cow
Derived terms
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Verb

steer (third-person singular simple present steers, present participle steering, simple past and past participle steered)

  1. (transitive) To castrate (a male calf).
Translations

Anagrams

  • Ester, Reset, Trees, ester, estre, re-est., reest, reset, retes, seter, stere, teers, teres, terse, trees

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English stēor (“steer”), from Proto-West Germanic *steur, from Proto-Germanic *steuraz.

Alternative forms

  • steor, ster, stere

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /steːr/
  • (early) IPA(key): /støːr/

Noun

steer (plural steres)

  1. steer, young bull
Descendants
  • English: steer
  • Middle Scots: ster, stere, steir
    • Scots: steer
References
  • “stẹ̄r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Etymology 2

Noun

steer

  1. Alternative form of stere (“rudder, control”)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English styrian.

Noun

steer

  1. stir

Source: wiktionary.org