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Is user a Scrabble word?

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

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Is user a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word user is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

U1S1E1R1

Is user a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word user is a Words With Friends word. The word user is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (6 found)

RUES,RUSE,SUER,SURE,URES,USER,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERS,RES,RUE,SER,SUE,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,ES,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from user according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of user

user suer uesr eusr seur esur usre sure urse ruse srue rsue uers eurs ures rues erus reus seru esru sreu rseu ersu resu

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word user. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in user.

Definitions and meaning of user

user

Etymology

From Middle English usere, equivalent to use +‎ -er. Cognate with Scots usar, uiser (“user”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjuːzə/
  • (General American) enPR: yo͞o′zər, IPA(key): /ˈjuzɚ/
  • Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: us‧er

Noun

user (plural users)

  1. One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer/client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
    • 2019, The Highway Code (United Kingdom) Road Users Requiring Extra Care
      The most vulnerable road users are pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse riders. It is particularly important to be aware of children, older and disabled people, and learner and inexperienced drivers and riders. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/road-users-requiring-extra-care-204-to-225
  2. A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.
  3. (computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.
  4. (derogatory) An exploiter, an abuser (a person who "uses" people, that is treats and regards people unfairly, selfishly or unethically).
  5. (law, dated) In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
    • 2012, R. (Stephen Malpass) v Durham County Council, [2012] EWHC 1934 (Admin) http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/1934.html
      As to evidence of user...
      As to quality of user (i.e. was use by the public "as of right"), the inspector found that the grass over the whole of the application land has been regularly cut...
      ...which the inspector did not find sufficient of itself to render user permissive. Moreover, the defendant could not, the inspector advised, rely on communication to users that access to the land was regulated. Deferment to users of the organised pitches...

Usage notes

In modern law, the legal sense is widely disfavored in order to guard against ambiguity.

Synonyms

  • (one that unfairly takes advantage of or exploits): parasite

Antonyms

  • nonuser, non-user

Hypernyms

  • person

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, Ruse, rues, ruse, suer, sure, ures

Blagar

Adjective

user

  1. fast

References

  • Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 158

Czech

Verb

user

  1. (vulgar) second-person singular imperative of usrat

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French user, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre, frequentative from Latin ūtī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y.ze/

Verb

user

  1. to wear, wear down, wear off, wear out, grind down, run in
  2. to use (used with de)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • eaux usées
  • usage
  • usé jusqu’à la corde

Descendants

  • → Romanian: uza

References

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

Anagrams

  • rues, ruse, rusé, suer, sure, sûre

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French user, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre, frequentative from Latin ūtī.

Verb

user

  1. (transitive, cooking) to boil down

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

user

  1. Alternative form of usere

Etymology 2

Noun

user

  1. Alternative form of usure

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Old Frisian ūse(r) (“our”), Old Saxon ūser (“our”), Old High German unsēr, unsār (“our”), Old Norse órr, várr (“our”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 (unsar, “our”). Related to Old English ūs (“us”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuː.ser/, [ˈuː.zer]

Pronoun

ūser (possessive)

  1. (Northumbrian or poetic) Alternative form of ūre

Usage notes

In poetry, only the nominative singular and accusative singular neuter ūser, and the accusative singular masculine ūserne are found. In other cases, forms of ūre or usser are used

Old French

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin ūsāre, frequentative from Latin ūtī.

Verb

user

  1. to use; to employ; to make use of

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • French: user
    • → Romanian: uza
  • Gallo: user
  • → Middle English: usen
    • English: use
    • Yola: yux

Source: wiktionary.org