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Anagrams of DEAR

DEAR has 4 letters and 2 anagrams that use every letter: READ and DARE. Its letters also make 12 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

DEAR: dearly loved (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of DEAR (2)

Every word below uses all 4 letters of DEAR (D E A R), each exactly once.

READ
interpret something that is written or printed
DARE
take upon oneself

3-letter words from the letters of DEAR (5)

  • ARE3
  • EAR3
  • ERA3
  • RAD4
  • RED4

2-letter words from the letters of DEAR (7)

  • AD3
  • AE2
  • AR2
  • DE3
  • ED3
  • ER2
  • RE2

What the words from DEAR mean

ARE
form of BE: have the quality of being
EAR
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
ERA
a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
RED
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)
RE
the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
AD
a public promotion of some product or service

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

DEAR in numbers

Letters
4 (2 vowels, 4 different)
Full anagrams
2
Words from its letters
12
Longest shorter word
ARE, EAR and ERA (3 letters)
Best score
DARE, 5 points
DEAR itself
5 points before bonus squares

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Anagrams come from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Meanings are short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University). Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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What is an anagram of DEAR?

READ and DARE: the words using exactly the letters D E A R, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of DEAR?

14 words of two letters or more (2 using all 4 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from DEAR?

DARE, worth 5 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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