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Is timber a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word timber is a Scrabble US word. The word timber is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is timber a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word timber is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word timber is a Words With Friends word. The word timber is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

BETRIM,TIMBER,TIMBRE,

5-letter words (8 found)

BITER,MERIT,MITER,MITRE,REBIT,REMIT,TIMER,TRIBE,

4-letter words (23 found)

BERM,BIER,BITE,BREI,BRIE,BRIM,BRIT,EMIR,EMIT,ITEM,MERI,MIRE,MITE,RIEM,RIME,RITE,TERM,TIER,TIME,TIRE,TREM,TRIE,TRIM,

3-letter words (15 found)

BET,BIT,ERM,IRE,MET,MIB,MIR,REB,REI,REM,RET,RIB,RIM,RIT,TIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

BE,BI,EM,ER,ET,IT,ME,MI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from timber according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of timber

timber

Etymology 1

From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm).

Cognates include Dutch timmer, Old High German zimbar (German Zimmer), Norwegian tømmer, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build”), Latin domus and Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪmbə/, (interjecting) IPA(key): [ˈtɪˑmˌbəː]
  • (General American) enPR: tĭmʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈtɪmbɚ/, (interjecting) IPA(key): [ˈtɪˑmˌbɚː]
  • Rhymes: -ɪmbə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: timbre (for one US pronunciation)
  • Hyphenation: tim‧ber

Noun

timber (countable and uncountable, plural timbers)

  1. (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
    collect timber
    cut down timber
  2. (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
  3. (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
  4. Material for any structure.
  5. (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
  6. (archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.
Synonyms
  • (trees considered as a source of wood): timberland, forest
  • (wood that has been cut ready for construction): lumber (US), wood
  • (beam used to support a roof): beam, rafter
Hyponyms
  • (wooden beam used to provide support): crosstree
Derived terms
Translations

Interjection

timber!

  1. Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
  2. By extension, a cry used when anything is falling over.
Translations

Verb

timber (third-person singular simple present timbers, present participle timbering, simple past and past participle timbered)

  1. (transitive) To fit with timbers.
    timbering a roof
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To construct, frame, build.
  3. (falconry, intransitive) To light or land on a tree.
  4. (obsolete) To make a nest.
  5. (transitive) To surmount as a timber does.

Etymology 2

Noun

timber

  1. Misspelling of timbre.

Anagrams

  • betrim, biterm, timbre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪmbər/, /ˈtɪmːər/

Noun

timber n (definite singular timberet or timbret, uncountable)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of tømmer

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm).

Cognates include Old Saxon timbar, Old High German zimbar, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build”), and Latin domus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtim.ber/

Noun

timber n

  1. timber
  2. building (both senses)

Declension

Derived terms

  • andtimber
  • timbran

Descendants

  • Middle English: timber
    • English: timber
    • Scots: timmer, tymmer, tymer

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse timbr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą.

Noun

timber n

  1. timber; wood used for building

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: timmer

Source: wiktionary.org