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Is transfer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word transfer is a Scrabble US word. The word transfer is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is transfer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word transfer is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

T1R1A1N1S1F4E1R1

Is transfer a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

TRANSFER,

7-letter words (6 found)

ERRANTS,FARRENS,FRATERS,RAFTERS,RANTERS,STRAFER,

6-letter words (26 found)

AFTERS,ANTRES,ARREST,ARRETS,ASTERN,ERRANT,FARERS,FARREN,FASTEN,FASTER,FRATER,NEFAST,RAFTER,RANTER,RAREST,RASTER,RATERS,SAFTER,SERRAN,SNARER,STARER,STERNA,STRAFE,TARRES,TERRAS,TRANSE,

5-letter words (70 found)

AFTER,ANTES,ANTRE,ARETS,ARRET,ASTER,EARNS,EARNT,EARST,ETNAS,FANES,FARER,FARES,FARSE,FARTS,FATES,FEARS,FEART,FEAST,FEATS,FENTS,FERNS,FESTA,FETAS,FRATE,FRATS,FRENA,FRETS,NARES,NARRE,NATES,NEARS,NEATS,NERTS,RAFTS,RANTS,RARES,RASER,RATER,RATES,REANS,REARS,REAST,RENTS,RERAN,RESAT,SAFER,SANER,SERRA,SNARE,SNARF,STANE,STARE,STARN,STARR,STEAN,STEAR,STERN,STRAE,TARES,TARNS,TARRE,TASER,TEARS,TERAS,TERFS,TERNS,TERRA,TRANS,TREFA,

4-letter words (98 found)

ANES,ANTE,ANTS,ARES,ARET,ARFS,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EANS,EARN,EARS,EAST,EATS,EFTS,ENTS,ERAS,ERNS,ERRS,ERST,ETAS,ETNA,FANE,FANS,FARE,FARS,FART,FAST,FATE,FATS,FEAR,FEAT,FENS,FENT,FERN,FEST,FETA,FETS,FRAE,FRAS,FRAT,FRET,NAES,NARE,NATS,NEAR,NEAT,NEFS,NEST,NETS,RAFT,RANT,RARE,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REAN,REAR,REFS,REFT,RENS,RENT,REST,RETS,SAFE,SAFT,SANE,SANT,SATE,SEAN,SEAR,SEAT,SENA,SENT,SERA,SERF,SERR,SETA,SNAR,STAR,STEN,TAES,TANE,TANS,TARE,TARN,TARS,TASE,TEAR,TEAS,TEFS,TENS,TERF,TERN,TREF,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (62 found)

AFT,ANE,ANS,ANT,ARE,ARF,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,EAN,EAR,EAS,EAT,EFS,EFT,ENS,ERA,ERF,ERN,ERR,ERS,EST,ETA,FAE,FAN,FAR,FAS,FAT,FEN,FER,FES,FET,FRA,NAE,NAS,NAT,NEF,NET,RAN,RAS,RAT,REF,REN,RES,RET,SAE,SAN,SAR,SAT,SEA,SEN,SER,SET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TAS,TEA,TEF,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AN,AR,AS,AT,EA,EF,EN,ER,ES,ET,FA,FE,NA,NE,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 283 words from transfer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of transfer

transfer

Alternative forms

  • xfer (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”).

Pronunciation

  • (verb)
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/, /tɹænsˈfɜː/
    • (US) enPR: trănsfûrʹ, IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfɚ/, /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/
  • (noun)
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/, /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/
    • (US) enPR: 'trănsfûr, IPA(key): /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/

Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

  1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
  3. (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
  4. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
  5. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
  6. (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.

Synonyms

  • (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
  • (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
  • (to be or become transferred):

Derived terms

  • transferable
  • transferee
  • transferor

Translations

Noun

transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)

  1. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
  2. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
  3. (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
  4. (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
  5. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
  6. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
  7. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
  8. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
  9. (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
  10. (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
  11. (US, Canada, varsity sports) Short for transfer student.
  12. (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
    • 2018, Bed Mobility and Transfers (PDF) , Pioneer Network:
      Transfers and bed mobility are a normal part of our daily activities. Going from lying down to sitting edge of bed, rolling, getting in/out of bed, sitting and standing from bed/chairs and toilet are all examples of transfers and bed mobility.

Usage notes

  • In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition, which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.

Synonyms

  • (act): transferal, transference
  • (instance): transferal
  • (college sports): transfer student

Derived terms

Related terms

  • translate
  • translation

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)

  1. transfer

Synonyms

  • overdracht

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Noun

transfer m (invariable)

  1. transport
  2. transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)

Latin

Verb

trānsfer

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānsferō

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English transfer, French transfert, German Transfer, ultimately from Latin trānsferō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrans.fɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ansfɛr
  • Syllabification: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m inan

  1. (economics) transfer (payment to an individual or institution that does not arise out of current productive activity)
    Hypernym: przekaz
  2. (transport) transfer (act of transporting individuals or objects from one place to another by some means of transport)
    Synonyms: przewóz, transport
  3. (transport) transfer (act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey)
    Synonym: przesiadka
  4. (sports) transfer (act of transferring of a player's registration from one club to another)
  5. (computing) transfer (number of operations transferring data that occur in each second in some given data-transfer channel)
  6. (psychology) transfer of learning

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • transfer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • transfer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transfert.

Noun

transfer n (plural transferuri)

  1. transfer

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trǎnsfeːr/
  • Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

trànsfēr m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нсфе̄р)

  1. transfer
  2. transport

Declension

Spanish

Noun

transfer m (plural transferes)

  1. transfer (between transport)

Turkish

Etymology

From French transfert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾɑns.fɛɾ/
  • Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer (definite accusative transferi, plural transferler)

  1. transfer

Declension

References

  • “transfer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Source: wiktionary.org