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Is yonder a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yonder is a Scrabble US word. The word yonder is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is yonder a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yonder is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

Y4O1N1D2E1R1

Is yonder a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word yonder is a Words With Friends word. The word yonder is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Y3O1N2D2E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

RODNEY,ROYNED,YONDER,

5-letter words (11 found)

DERNY,DONER,DOYEN,DRONE,DRONY,NERDY,NOYED,ONERY,REDON,RONDE,ROYNE,

4-letter words (28 found)

DENY,DERN,DERO,DOEN,DOER,DONE,DORE,DORY,DREY,DYER,DYNE,NERD,NODE,NYED,ONER,OYER,REDO,REND,RENO,RENY,RODE,ROED,RONE,RYND,YERD,YODE,YOND,YORE,

3-letter words (32 found)

DEN,DEY,DOE,DON,DOR,DOY,DRY,DYE,END,EON,ERN,NED,NOD,NOR,NOY,NYE,ODE,ONE,ONY,ORD,ORE,OYE,RED,REN,REO,ROD,ROE,RYE,YEN,YER,YOD,YON,

2-letter words (16 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,ER,NE,NO,NY,OD,OE,ON,OR,OY,RE,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from yonder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of yonder

yonder

Alternative forms

  • younder (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither.
Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈjɑndəɹ/
  • (Southern American English, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjændə(ɹ)/
  • (New England, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjɛndə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Adverb

yonder (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or dialect) At or in a distant but indicated place.
  2. (archaic or dialect) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
    • 1535, Bible (Coverdale), Genesis, 22:
      As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.

Synonyms

  • (all senses): there, over there, away there

Derived terms

  • here and yonder, hither and yonder

Translations

Adjective

yonder (comparative more yonder, superlative most yonder)

  1. (archaic or dialect) The farther, the more distant of two choices.

Synonyms

  • see farther

Determiner

yonder

  1. (archaic or dialect, as an adjective) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
  2. (archaic or dialect, as a pronoun) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

Synonyms

  • (distant but within sight): yon

Derived terms

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Noun

yonder (plural yonders)

  1. (literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • yon
  • beyond

References

Anagrams

  • Dorney, Rodney, Yerdon, droney

Source: wiktionary.org