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Is tailor a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tailor a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1A1I1L1O1R1

Is tailor a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tailor is a Words With Friends word. The word tailor is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

RIALTO,TAILOR,

5-letter words (9 found)

ARIOT,LIART,LIROT,RATIO,ROTAL,TOLAR,TRAIL,TRIAL,TRIOL,

4-letter words (35 found)

AIRT,ALIT,ALTO,ARIL,ARTI,IOTA,LAIR,LARI,LATI,LIAR,LIRA,LOIR,LOTA,LOTI,ORAL,RAIL,RAIT,RATO,RIAL,RIOT,ROIL,ROTA,ROTI,ROTL,TAIL,TALI,TARO,TIAR,TIRL,TIRO,TOIL,TOLA,TORA,TORI,TRIO,

3-letter words (26 found)

AIL,AIR,AIT,ALT,ART,ITA,LAR,LAT,LIT,LOR,LOT,OAR,OAT,OIL,ORA,ORT,RAI,RAT,RIA,RIT,ROT,TAI,TAO,TAR,TIL,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

AI,AL,AR,AT,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,OI,OR,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 86 words from tailor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tailor

tailor

Alternative forms

  • tailour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English taillour, from Anglo-Norman taillour, from Old French tailleor, from taillier, from Late Latin taliō, from Latin tālea (“a cutting”). Doublet of tailleur.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlə/
  • Homophone: tailer
  • Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

tailor (plural tailors)

  1. A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
  2. (Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
    • 1880, New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, Journal (volume 30, part 3, page 460)
      The tailor — is that a sea fish — a line fish? It is a sea fish, but not a line fish. They will bite at a line, but they are not a fish you can depend on with the line.

Synonyms

  • (fish): bluefish

Derived terms

Related terms

  • dressmaker
  • seamster

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: tajloro
  • → Hausa: tēlà
  • → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar)
  • → Yoruba: télọ̀

Translations

Verb

tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
  2. (transitive) To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
  3. (transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.

Translations

See also

  • Taylor

References

  • Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • Liator, Rialto, Triola

Source: wiktionary.org