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Yes. The word tire is a Scrabble US word. The word tire is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (4 found)

RITE,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,

3-letter words (5 found)

IRE,REI,RET,RIT,TIE,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from tire according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tire

tire itre trie rtie irte rite tier iter teir etir ietr eitr trei rtei teri etri reti erti iret riet iert eirt reit erit

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Definitions and meaning of tire

tire

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ]
    • (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɚ/
    • (Midwestern US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: tyre

Etymology 1

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

Alternative forms

  • tyre (dialectal)

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
  2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire
  3. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
  5. (transitive) To bore.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause boredom
Derived terms
Related terms
  • tiresome
Translations

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Etymology 2

Believed from Middle English tire (“equipment”) aphetic form of attire; see details at tyre. See also German zieren (“to decorate”).

Alternative forms

  • (rubber covering on a wheel): tyre

Noun

tire (plural tires)

  1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. (American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
  3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
  5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
    • , New York Review of Books 2001, p.66:
      men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […].
  6. A covering for the head; a headdress.
Usage notes
  • Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British spelling.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
Related terms
  • tiring-house
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

Alternative forms

  • tyre

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
  2. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.

Etymology 4

Noun

tire (plural tires)

  1. A tier, row, or rank.

Further reading

  • “tire”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “tire”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tier, trie

Asturian

Verb

tire

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tirar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tirar

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Russian тире (tire), ultimately from French tiret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tiˈre]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧re

Noun

tire (definite accusative tireni, plural tirelər)

  1. dash (punctuation mark)

Declension

French

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiʁ/

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Deverbal from tirer.

Noun

tire f (plural tires)

  1. (in expressions) verbal noun of tirer; pulling, drawing
    vol à la tire ― pickpocketing
    voleur à la tire ― pickpocket
    métier à la tire ― drawloom
  2. (Canada) taffy, especially maple taffy
    tire d’érable ― maple taffy
  3. (France, informal) car
  4. (dated) route

Etymology 3

From English.

Noun

tire m (plural tires)

  1. (Canada, Louisiana) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • trie, trié

Galician

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tirer (“shoot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɣe/

Verb

tire

  1. To shoot (hit with a bullet or arrow)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tray.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tì.ré/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̀.ré]

Noun

tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên)

  1. tray

Portuguese

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtəiər/

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tirin, simple past tiret, past participle tiret)

  1. to tire

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -iɾe
  • Syllabification: ti‧re

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

From French tiret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ɾe/

Noun

tire (definite accusative tireyi, plural tireler)

  1. "-" Hyphen-minus symbol, used as a hyphen, minus sign, and a dash.

Declension


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