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Is tester a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tester a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1E1S1T1E1R1

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Yes. The word tester is a Words With Friends word. The word tester is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (4 found)

RETEST,SETTER,STREET,TESTER,

5-letter words (14 found)

ESTER,REEST,RESET,STEER,STERE,TEERS,TERES,TERSE,TERTS,TESTE,TETES,TREES,TREST,TRETS,

4-letter words (18 found)

ERES,ERST,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,SEER,SERE,SETT,STET,TEER,TEES,TEST,TETE,TETS,TREE,TRES,TRET,

3-letter words (12 found)

ERE,ERS,EST,REE,RES,RET,SEE,SER,SET,TEE,TES,TET,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from tester according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tester

tester

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛstəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tester, from Old French testre, from Latin testura.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

  1. A canopy over a bed.
  2. Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English tester, equivalent to test +‎ -er.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

  1. A person who administers a test.
  2. A device used for testing.
  3. (Australia, slang, obsolete) A punishment of 25 lashes (strokes of a whip) across a person′s back.
  4. A sample of perfume available in a shop for customers to try before they buy.
  5. A miniature pot of paint for testing and comparison purposes.
  6. (cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.
Synonyms
  • (punishment) Botany Bay dozen
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

For testern, teston, from French teston, from Old French teste (“the head, the head of the king being impressed upon the coin”). See tester (“a covering”), and compare testone, testoon.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

  1. An old French silver coin.
  2. (British, slang, dated) A sixpence.
    Synonyms: teston, tizzy

Etymology 4

Inherited from Middle English tester; see testiere.

Noun

tester (plural testers)

  1. Alternative form of testiere (“armor for a horse's head”)

References

Anagrams

  • Setter, Street, Teters, retest, setter, street

Danish

Verb

tester

  1. present of teste

Noun

tester

  1. a tester; someone who tests
  2. an instrument used for testing
  3. a product sample

Declension

References

  • “tester” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “tester” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛs.te/

Etymology 1

From test +‎ -er.

Verb

tester

  1. to test
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Latin testārī.

Verb

tester

  1. (law) to write one's will

Further reading

  • “tester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

tester

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of testor

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tester m

  1. indefinite plural of test

Verb

tester

  1. present of teste

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛs.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstɛr
  • Syllabification: tes‧ter

Noun

tester m inan (related adjective testerski)

  1. tester (device that tests something)
  2. (cosmetics) tester (free sample bottle of perfume or cosmetic available in a shop for customers to try)
  3. (cosmetics) tester (small phial of perfume or cosmetic bought to try a fragrance without the commitment of a full-size bottle)
    Synonym: sampler

Declension

Noun

tester m pers (female equivalent testerka)

  1. tester (person on whom drugs or cosmetics are tested)

Declension

Further reading

  • tester in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tester in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • tester in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tester.

Noun

tester n (plural testere)

  1. tester

Declension

Swedish

Noun

tester

  1. indefinite plural of test

Source: wiktionary.org