1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Vers in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does vers mean? Is vers a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is vers worth? vers how many points in Words With Friends? What does vers mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for vers

See how to calculate how many points for vers.

Is vers a Scrabble word?

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

V4E1R1S1

Is vers a Scrabble UK word?

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

V4E1R1S1

Is vers a Words With Friends word?

The word vers is NOT a Words With Friends word.

Our tools

Valid words made from Vers

Jump to...

Results

4-letter words (2 found)

REVS,VERS,

3-letter words (5 found)

ERS,RES,REV,SER,SEV,

2-letter words (3 found)

ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of vers

vers evrs vres rves ervs revs vesr evsr vser sver esvr sevr vrse rvse vsre svre rsve srve ersv resv esrv serv rsev srev

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

Definitions and meaning of vers

vers

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /vɝs/

Adjective

vers (not comparable)

  1. (BDSM, LGBT slang) Short for versatile.

Etymology 2

Noun

vers

  1. Abbreviation of versine or versed sine.
Synonyms
  • versin

Etymology 3

Noun

vers

  1. plural of ver

See also

  • vers de societe
  • vers-librist

Anagrams

  • ERVs, Serv., VREs, revs, serv, serv.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vers, from Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛrs/

Noun

vers (plural verse, diminutive versie)

  1. A verse, a stanza.
  2. A short poem.
  3. A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin versō. Compare Romanian vărsa, vars.

Verb

vers first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative viarse, past participle vãrsate)

  1. Alternative form of versu

Related terms

  • vãrsari
  • vãrsat
  • vãrsãture

See also

  • dãpun
  • vom
  • tor

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin versus (“line, row”). Doublet of bes and ves.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈvɛrs]

Noun

vers m (plural versos)

  1. verse, poem
Related terms
  • versar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin versus (“toward, facing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛrs]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈvers]

Preposition

vers

  1. (literary) towards (in the direction of)
    Synonyms: envers, devers
  2. (literary) towards (in relation to)
  3. (literary) towards (located approximately next to)
Related terms
  • invers
  • versus

Further reading

  • “vers” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin versus.

Noun

vers n (singular definite verset, plural indefinite vers)

  1. verse (in songs)
  2. single line in poem
  3. the format of meter, verse, as opposed to prose

Usage notes

The first definition is common among layfolk, while the second is used otherwise.

Declension

Synonyms

  • (single line): verselinje

Further reading

  • “vers” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “vers” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/
  • Hyphenation: vers
  • Rhymes: -ɛrs

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch versch, from Old Dutch *fersk, *frisk, from Proto-West Germanic *frisk, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *preysk-. Doublet of fris.

Cognate with German frisch, West Frisian farsk, English fresh, Danish fersk, Norwegian Bokmål fersk, Swedish färsk.

Adjective

vers (comparative verser, superlative meest vers or verst)

  1. fresh
Inflection
Derived terms
  • versheid
  • ovenvers
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vars
  • Negerhollands: versch

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vers, from Old Dutch vers, from Latin versus.

Noun

vers n (plural verzen, diminutive versje n)

  1. A verse, a stanza.
  2. A short poem.
  3. Verse (poetic form with fixed rhyme and meter).
  4. A verse; a line, sentence or similarly short passage of a text, usually in prose.
Derived terms
  • versregel
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vers
  • Negerhollands: vaers

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ/
  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.z‿/ (optional liaison, but rare and discouraged)
  • Homophones: vair, vairs, ver, verre, verrent, verres, vert, verts
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Etymology 1

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere). Cognate to Italian verso (preposition).

Preposition

vers

  1. towards
  2. to
  3. around, circa (with a date or time)

Etymology 2

From Latin versus.

Noun

vers m (plural vers)

  1. verse
Derived terms
  • vers libre

Etymology 3

Noun

vers m

  1. plural of ver

References

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Wikisource hu

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛrʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrʃ

Noun

vers (plural versek)

  1. verse, poem
    Synonyms: költemény, poéma
  2. (obsolete) race (competition)

Declension

Derived terms

  • versel
  • verses
  • versike

(Compound words):

  • tájvers
  • versfeldolgozás
  • versszak

References

Further reading

  • vers in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

vers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ver

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso. Decision no. 718, Progreso V.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/

Preposition

vers

  1. (physical sense) toward, towards, in the direction of

See also

  • ad

References


Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *virci. Cognates include Finnish virsi and Estonian virs.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋers/, [ˈʋe̞rz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋers/, [ˈʋe̞rʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ers
  • Hyphenation: vers

Noun

vers

  1. poem, traditional song
    laulaa verttä ― to sing a folk poem
  2. Short for kirkkovers (“psalm”).

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 657

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian verso and/or Sicilian versu, from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/

Noun

vers m (dual versejn, plural versi or vrus or vrejjes, diminutive vrejjes)

  1. verse
  2. (figuratively) manner of thinking

Related terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • ferrs, werse, veerce, wers, verse, verce

Etymology

From a combination of Old French vers and Old English fers, both from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛrs/, /vɛːrs/, /fɛrs/

Noun

vers (plural verses or vers)

  1. A line or passage of a text or work:
    1. A line in a poem; part of a stanza.
    2. A line in a non-poetic literary work.
    3. A Biblical verse, especially of a psalm.
    4. A maxim or similar short phrase.
  2. A larger portion of a text or work:
    1. A stanza; a group of lines equivalent to the prose paragraph.
    2. A portion of a liturgical prayer or recitation.
  3. Verse, poetry; the poetic form and art as a whole.
  4. (rare) A syllable as a poetic unit.
  5. (rare) An array of objects.

Related terms

  • verset
  • versicle
  • versifien
  • versifiour

Descendants

  • English: verse
  • Scots: varse (obsolete)

References

  • “vers(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-26.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French vers.

Preposition

vers

  1. toward(s)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin versus and Old Norse vers.

Noun

vers n (definite singular verset, indefinite plural vers, definite plural versa or versene)

  1. verse

Derived terms

  • synge på siste verset

References

  • “vers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vers, versi, from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛrs/

Noun

vers n (definite singular verset, indefinite plural vers, definite plural versa)

  1. verse

References

  • “vers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin versus (“verse; line (of poetry)”).

Noun

vers oblique singular, m (oblique plural vers, nominative singular vers, nominative plural vers)

  1. verse (poetry)
Descendants
  • → Middle English: vers, ferrs, werse, veerce, wers, verse, verce
    • English: verse
    • Scots: varse (obsolete)
  • Middle French: vers
    • French: vers

References

  • vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Etymology 2

Latin versus (“turned, changed, having been turned”).

Preposition

vers

  1. toward(s)
Descendants
  • Middle French: vers
    • French: vers

References

  • vers on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Norse

Noun

vers

  1. genitive singular of verr

Old Occitan

Noun

vers m (oblique plural vers, nominative singular vers, nominative plural vers)

  1. verse (poetry)

Piedmontese

Noun

vers m (plural vers)

  1. verse

Derived terms

  • verset

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso, Latin versus. Doublet of viers, which was inherited.

Noun

vers n (plural versuri)

  1. verse
  2. lyric

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • vȅrz

Etymology

From Latin versus. Compare versificírati / vèrsifikovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋêrs/

Noun

vȅrs m (Cyrillic spelling ве̏рс)

  1. (archaic) verse
    Synonym: stȉh

Declension

References

  • “vers” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin versus (“turning”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æʂ

Noun

vers c

  1. verse (as opposed to prose)
    Antonym: prosa
  2. a verse (of a song)
    Synonym: (rare) strof
  3. (technical) a stich (line of poetry)
  4. (informal) a stanza (of a poem)
    Synonym: strof
  5. (informal, by extension) a (short) poem
  6. a verse (of the Bible)

Declension

Derived terms

  • sjunga på sista versen
  • versmått

Related terms

  • verserad

See also

  • dikt
  • poem
  • poesi
  • rim
  • refräng
  • sång
  • visa

References

  • vers in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • vers in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • vers in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • revs

Source: wiktionary.org