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Is vars a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vars is a Scrabble US word. The word vars is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is vars a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vars is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

V4A1R1S1

Is vars a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word vars is a Words With Friends word. The word vars is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

RAVS,VARS,

3-letter words (7 found)

ARS,RAS,RAV,SAR,SAV,VAR,VAS,

2-letter words (2 found)

AR,AS,

You can make 11 words from vars according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vars

vars

English

Noun

vars

  1. plural of var

Anagrams

  • ARVs, VRSA, ravs

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fars/

Adjective

vars (attributive vars or (seldom) varse, comparative varser, superlative varste)

  1. fresh

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *varci. Cognate with Finnish varsi.

Noun

vars (genitive varre, partitive vart)

  1. stalk
  2. shaft

Inflection

Derived terms

  • käsivars

Icelandic

Noun

vars

  1. indefinite genitive singular of var

Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrs/, [ˈʋɑrz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑrs/, [ˈʋɑrʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrs
  • Hyphenation: vars

Noun

vars

  1. alternative form of varsi

Declension

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 643

Latgalian

Noun

vars m

  1. copper

Romanian

Verb

vars

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vărsa

Swedish

Etymology 1

From an older interrogative adverb hvarest (“whereto, whither”), see varest, from Old Swedish hvaris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑːrs/, [vɒ̜˔ːʂ]
  • IPA(key): /vars/, [väʂ]

Adverb

vars

  1. (dialectal, Northern Sweden) where
Usage notes
  • Used both with motion and direction, where standard Swedish would use var and vart, respectively.

Etymology 2

Clipping of bevars, itself a contraction of (Gud) bevare oss (”may God save us”), from the present subjunctive of bevara (“to save, to keep”), and oss (“us”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vars/, [väʂ]

Interjection

vars

  1. (colloquial) Added to an answering interjection (mainly jo) to make it more emphatic.

See also

  • jovars

Etymology 3

See main entry var.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɑːrs/, [vɒ̜˔ːʂ]

Noun

vars

  1. indefinite genitive plural of var
  2. indefinite genitive singular of var

Etymology 4

  • (relative pronoun) From Old Swedish hvars, genitive of hvar (“which, every”).
  • (distributive pronoun) From a reanalysis of varsin, varsitt (“one each”) (from var +‎ sin, sitt) as consisting of vars + en, ett (“one”) and then expanded to further numerals, e.g. vars två (”two each”), standard Swedish två var.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (relative pronoun, distributive pronoun) /vɑːrs/, [vɒ̜˔ːʂ], [vɒ̜˔ːʁs]
  • IPA(key): (relative pronoun) /vars/, [väʂ]

Pronoun

vars

  1. (relative pronoun) whose (of whom)
  2. (distributive pronoun, dialectal, Scania) each
Usage notes
  • Not used as an interrogative pronoun, in which case vems (singular) or vilkas (plural) is used.
  • The use of vars with a plural referent was earlier proscribed in favour of vilkas, but is now accepted, e.g.:

References

  • vars in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • vars in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Vars. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

Anagrams

  • arvs, sarv, svar

Source: wiktionary.org