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Is swarf a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swarf is a Scrabble US word. The word swarf is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is swarf a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swarf is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

SWARF,

4-letter words (6 found)

ARFS,FARS,FAWS,FRAS,RAWS,WARS,

3-letter words (12 found)

ARF,ARS,FAR,FAS,FAW,FRA,RAS,RAW,SAR,SAW,WAR,WAS,

2-letter words (4 found)

AR,AS,AW,FA,

You can make 23 words from swarf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of swarf

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Definitions and meaning of swarf

swarf

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɔːf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /swɔɹf/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f, -ɔːf

Etymology 1

From Middle English *swarf, *swerf, from Old English ġeswearf, ġesweorf (iron filings; rust) and/or Old Norse svarf (metallic dust), both from Proto-Germanic *swarbą (that which is rubbed off; shavings), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (to mop, wipe; to rub off); see further at swerve. The word is cognate to Old English sweorfan (to rub, scour; to file).

Noun

swarf (countable and uncountable, plural swarfs)

  1. (uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]
  2. (countable) A particular waste chip or shaving.
Synonyms
  • (chips or shavings): turnings
Related terms
  • swerve
Translations
See also
  • kerf

Verb

swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)

  1. (transitive) To grind down.

Etymology 2

From Middle English swarven, swerven (to go; to deviate, turn aside; to stagger, be unsteady; to swerve), from Old English sweorfan (to wipe; to polish; to rub, scour; to file), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (to mop, wipe; to rub off). The word is cognate to Middle Dutch swerven (to rove; to stray) (whence Dutch zwerven (to roam)), Low German swarven (to rove; to stray; to riot), Old Norse svarfa (to sweep; to be agitated, upset), Norwegian svarva (to agitate), sverva (to whirl). See swerve.

Verb

swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)

  1. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To grow languid; to faint.

Noun

swarf (plural swarfs)

  1. (obsolete) A faint or swoon.

References

Further reading

  • swarf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

  • swarf-penny

Anagrams

  • FWSAR, Warfs

Source: wiktionary.org