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Is suffer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word suffer is a Scrabble US word. The word suffer is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1U1F4F4E1R1

Is suffer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word suffer is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1U1F4F4E1R1

Is suffer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word suffer is a Words With Friends word. The word suffer is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1U2F4F4E1R1

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6-letter words (2 found)

RUFFES,SUFFER,

5-letter words (2 found)

RUFFE,RUFFS,

4-letter words (14 found)

EFFS,FEUS,FURS,FUSE,REFS,RUES,RUFF,RUSE,SERF,SUER,SURE,SURF,URES,USER,

3-letter words (16 found)

EFF,EFS,ERF,ERS,FER,FES,FEU,FUR,REF,RES,RUE,SER,SUE,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EF,ER,ES,FE,FU,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from suffer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of suffer

suffer

Etymology

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin sufferre (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native Old English þrōwian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: sŭfʹər, IPA(key): /ˈsʌfə/
  • (US) enPR: sŭfʹər, IPA(key): /ˈsʌfɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: suf‧fer

Verb

suffer (third-person singular simple present suffers, present participle suffering, simple past and past participle suffered)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
    Synonym: bear
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
    Synonyms: agonize, anguish, thole; see also Thesaurus:suffer
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
    Synonyms: deteriorate, worsen; see also Thesaurus:worsen
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
    Synonyms: bear, dree, thole; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
  5. (transitive, archaic, law) To allow.
    Synonym: permit
    • 1938, The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203:
      "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
    • 1978, Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:
      […] it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked […] beyond the period of time established by the duration of the parking meter […]

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Derived terms

Related terms

  • sublate
  • sublation

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

  • ruffes, suffre

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʏfər

Etymology 1

Adjective

suffer

  1. comparative degree of suf

Etymology 2

Noun

suffer m (plural suffers)

  1. Alternative form of sufferd

Latin

Verb

suffer

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of sufferō

Source: wiktionary.org