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Is wheatear a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wheatear is a Scrabble US word. The word wheatear is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is wheatear a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wheatear is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word wheatear is a Words With Friends word. The word wheatear is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (3 found)

AWEATHER,HAWEATER,WHEATEAR,

7-letter words (5 found)

HETAERA,TEAWARE,WEATHER,WHEREAT,WREATHE,

6-letter words (10 found)

AERATE,AETHER,HEATER,HEREAT,REHEAT,THAWER,WETHER,WHEARE,WREATH,WRETHE,

5-letter words (33 found)

AREAE,ARETE,ARHAT,AWARE,EARTH,EATER,EATHE,ETHER,HATER,HEARE,HEART,HEWER,RATHA,RATHE,REATA,REATE,REWET,REWTH,TAWER,THERE,THRAE,THRAW,THREE,THREW,TWEER,WATER,WHARE,WHATA,WHEAR,WHEAT,WHERE,WRATE,WRATH,

4-letter words (52 found)

AREA,ARET,AREW,AWEE,EATH,ETHE,EWER,HAAR,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HERE,HETE,RATA,RATE,RATH,RETE,RHEA,TAHA,TAHR,TARA,TARE,TAWA,TEAR,TEER,TEHR,THAE,THAR,THAW,THEE,THEW,TREE,TREW,TWAE,TWEE,WAAH,WARE,WART,WATE,WEAR,WEER,WEET,WERE,WERT,WETA,WHAE,WHAT,WHEE,WHET,

3-letter words (43 found)

AAH,AHA,ARE,ART,ATE,AWA,AWE,EAR,EAT,EEW,ERA,ERE,ETA,ETH,EWE,EWT,HAE,HAT,HAW,HER,HET,HEW,RAH,RAT,RAW,REE,REH,RET,REW,TAE,TAR,TAW,TEA,TEE,TEW,THE,TWA,WAE,WAR,WAT,WEE,WET,WHA,

2-letter words (18 found)

AA,AE,AH,AR,AT,AW,EA,EE,EH,ER,ET,EW,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 165 words from wheatear according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wheatear

wheatear

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/, /ˈwiːtɪəɹ/

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Probably a back-formation from Middle English whit ers (“white arse”), after the prominent white rump of many species. Compare dialect forms white rump, white-tail. Possibly a compound of wheat +‎ ear or white +‎ ear. Attested since the seventeenth century as wheat-ears or wheatgear.

Noun

wheatear (plural wheatears)

  1. Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
    1. especially, the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Synonyms
  • clodhopper, fallow-chat, fallow-smiter
Derived terms
Translations
References
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • “wheatear”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

From Middle English whete-ere, equivalent to wheat +‎ ear.

Noun

wheatear (plural wheatears)

  1. An ear of wheat.
  2. A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat.

Anagrams

  • Haweater, aweather, taraweeh

Source: wiktionary.org