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Is vireo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vireo is a Scrabble US word. The word vireo is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word vireo is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

VIREO,

4-letter words (6 found)

OVER,RIVE,RIVO,ROVE,VIER,VIRE,

3-letter words (10 found)

EVO,IRE,ORE,REI,REO,REV,ROE,VIE,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,IO,OE,OI,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from vireo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of vireo

vireo ivreo vrieo rvieo irveo riveo viero ivero veiro eviro ievro eivro vreio rveio verio evrio revio ervio irevo rievo iervo eirvo reivo erivo viroe ivroe vrioe rvioe irvoe rivoe viore ivore voire ovire iovre oivre vroie rvoie vorie ovrie rovie orvie irove riove iorve oirve roive orive vieor iveor veior evior ievor eivor vioer ivoer voier ovier iover oiver veoir evoir voeir oveir eovir oevir ieovr eiovr ioevr oievr eoivr oeivr vreoi rveoi veroi evroi revoi ervoi vroei rvoei vorei ovrei rovei orvei veori evori voeri overi eovri oevri reovi erovi roevi orevi eorvi oervi ireov rieov ierov eirov reiov eriov iroev rioev iorev oirev roiev oriev ieorv eiorv ioerv oierv eoirv oeirv reoiv eroiv roeiv oreiv eoriv oeriv

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Definitions and meaning of vireo

vireo

Etymology

From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (I am green).

Pronunciation

Noun

vireo (plural vireos or vireoes)

  1. Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
    • 2012, Eloise Potter, Birds of the Carolinas, Easyread Large Edition, page 94,
      This[the white-eyed vireo] is our only vireo that has two white wing bars, yellow spectacles, and yellow sides.
  2. Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.

Usage notes

The alternative plural form vireoes appears to be relatively rare and dated.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • Vireo (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Vireo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Vireo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Finnish

Etymology

From translingual Vireo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋireo/, [ˈʋire̞o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ireo
  • Syllabification(key): vi‧re‧o

Noun

vireo

  1. vireo (bird of the genus Vireo)

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • viero

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.re.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪreoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.re.o/, [ˈviːreo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *wizēō, from Proto-Indo-European *wiséh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (to increase). See also Old English wise (stalk, sprout), Old Norse visir (sprout, bud), Lithuanian veisti (propagate).

Verb

vireō (present infinitive virēre, perfect active viruī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be verdant, green; to sprout new green growth
  2. to flourish; to be lively, vigorous
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • virectum
  • viridis
  • viror

Etymology 2

Noun

vireō m (genitive vireōnis); third declension

  1. a bird, probably the greenfinch
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants
  • English: vireo

References

  • vireo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vireo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vireo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Source: wiktionary.org