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Is worse a Scrabble word?

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

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Is worse a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is worse a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (7 found)

OWRES,RESOW,SEROW,SOWER,SWORE,WEROS,WORSE,

4-letter words (15 found)

EROS,ORES,OWER,OWES,OWRE,OWSE,REOS,REWS,ROES,ROSE,ROWS,SORE,WERO,WOES,WORE,

3-letter words (16 found)

ERS,OES,ORE,ORS,OSE,OWE,REO,RES,REW,ROE,ROW,SER,SEW,SOW,WOE,WOS,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ES,EW,OE,OR,OS,OW,RE,SO,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from worse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of worse

worse owrse wrose rwose orwse rowse wosre owsre wsore swore oswre sowre wrsoe rwsoe wsroe swroe rswoe srwoe orswe roswe osrwe sorwe rsowe srowe wores owres wroes rwoes orwes rowes woers owers weors ewors oewrs eowrs wreos rweos weros ewros rewos erwos orews roews oerws eorws reows erows woser owser wsoer swoer oswer sower woesr owesr weosr ewosr oewsr eowsr wseor sweor wesor ewsor sewor eswor osewr soewr oeswr eoswr seowr esowr wrseo rwseo wsreo swreo rsweo srweo wreso rweso werso ewrso rewso erwso wsero swero wesro ewsro sewro eswro rsewo srewo reswo erswo serwo esrwo orsew rosew osrew sorew rsoew sroew oresw roesw oersw eorsw reosw erosw oserw soerw oesrw eosrw seorw esorw rseow sreow resow ersow serow esrow

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Definitions and meaning of worse

worse

Alternative forms

  • verse (Bermuda)

Etymology

From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wɝs/
  • (US, New York City, archaic) IPA(key): [wəɪs]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Adjective

worse

  1. comparative form of bad: more bad
    Your exam results are worse than before.
    The harder you try, the worse you do.
  2. comparative form of ill: more ill
    She was very ill last week but this week she’s worse.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • worst

Translations

Adverb

worse

  1. comparative form of badly (adverb): more badly
  2. comparative form of ill: more ill.
  3. Less skillfully.
  4. More severely or seriously.
  5. (sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.

Translations

Noun

worse

  1. (obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
  2. That which is worse; something less good.

Verb

worse (third-person singular simple present worses, present participle worsing, simple past and past participle worsed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

Anagrams

  • Rowse, WOREs, owers, owres, resow, rowse, serow, sower, sowre, swore

Afrikaans

Noun

worse

  1. plural of wors

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • worst

Etymology

From English worse or worst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wœs⁵⁵/

Adjective

worse

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) bad; terrible (usually used with intensifier 好)

Source: wiktionary.org