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Is surge a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word surge is a Scrabble US word. The word surge is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is surge a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word surge is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

GRUES,SURGE,URGES,

4-letter words (14 found)

ERGS,GERS,GRUE,GUES,GURS,REGS,RUES,RUGS,RUSE,SUER,SURE,URES,URGE,USER,

3-letter words (18 found)

ERG,ERS,GER,GUE,GUR,GUS,REG,RES,RUE,RUG,SEG,SER,SUE,SUG,SUR,UGS,URE,USE,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ES,GU,RE,UG,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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

All 5 letters words made out of surge

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Definitions and meaning of surge

surge

Etymology

From Middle English surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: sûrj IPA(key): /sɝd͡ʒ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɜːd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ
  • Homophone: serge

Noun

surge (plural surges)

  1. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
  2. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
  3. (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
  4. (aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
  5. (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea (FM 55-501).
    • 1901, Bible (American Standard Version), James i. 6
      He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
  6. (US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
    surge capacity; surge fleet; surge deployment capabilities
  7. (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
    • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
      all great rivers are gorged and assembled of various surges and springs of water
  8. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Synonyms

  • inrush

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

surge (third-person singular simple present surges, present participle surging, simple past and past participle surged)

  1. (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
  2. To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
  3. (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
  4. (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.

Related terms

  • source
  • surgation

Translations

References

  • “surge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “surge”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • FM 55-501

Anagrams

  • Ruges, grues, urges

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsur.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -urdʒe
  • Hyphenation: sùr‧ge

Verb

surge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of surgere

Anagrams

  • Serug

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsur.ɡe/, [ˈs̠ʊrɡɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsur.d͡ʒe/, [ˈsurd͡ʒe]

Verb

surge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of surgō
    Surge et ambula ― Arise, and walk (Matt. IX. v.5)

Portuguese

Verb

surge

  1. inflection of surgir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuɾxe/ [ˈsuɾ.xe]
  • Rhymes: -uɾxe
  • Syllabification: sur‧ge

Verb

surge

  1. inflection of surgir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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