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Is swerve a Scrabble word?

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

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Is swerve a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1W4E1R1V4E1

Is swerve a Words With Friends word?

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

S1W4E1R1V5E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

SWERVE,

5-letter words (9 found)

EREVS,EWERS,RESEW,SERVE,SEVER,SEWER,SWEER,VEERS,VERSE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ERES,EREV,EVER,EVES,EWER,EWES,REES,REVS,REWS,SEER,SERE,SWEE,VEER,VEES,VERS,WEER,WEES,WERE,

3-letter words (15 found)

EEW,ERE,ERS,EVE,EWE,REE,RES,REV,REW,SEE,SER,SEV,SEW,VEE,WEE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ER,ES,EW,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from swerve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of swerve

swerve

Alternative forms

  • swarve

Etymology

From Middle English swerven, swarven, from Old English sweorfan (“to file; rub; polish; scour; turn aside”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to rub off; wipe; mop”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (“to turn; wipe; sweep”). Cognate with West Frisian swerve (“to wander; roam; swerve”), Dutch zwerven (“to wander; stray; roam”), Low German swarven (“to swerve; wander; riot”), Swedish dialectal svärva (“to wipe”), Icelandic sverfa (“to file”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɜːv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /swɝv/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

Verb

swerve (third-person singular simple present swerves, present participle swerving, simple past and past participle swerved)

  1. (archaic) To stray; to wander; to rove.
  2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
  3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
  4. To bend; to incline; to give way.
  5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
  6. To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
  7. Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
  8. To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
  9. (transitive, slang) To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
    If I see that type o' muthafucka in the club I just swerve him.

Related terms

  • swarf

Translations

Noun

swerve (plural swerves)

  1. A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
  2. A deviation from duty or custom.

Derived terms

  • body swerve

Translations

Anagrams

  • Wevers

Middle English

Verb

swerve

  1. Alternative form of swerven

Source: wiktionary.org