ERE is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERE is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 14 hooks, and its letters make up 10.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 408.
What stands out about ERE
- ERE is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ERE mean in Scrabble?
preposition
archaic
Before — in archaic or poetic use.
Ere is the same word as early and is related to erst inside erstwhile. It went out of ordinary use by 1700 and survives because poets wanted one syllable where before gives them two.
How ERE is used
Before a noun or clause. Archaic and poetic.
- Ere the sun rose the whole camp had gone.
- The word ere is the same one that gives early.
- Poets use ere to save a syllable.
- Ere long is the only phrase still met in prose.
- Nothing but verse has used ere since 1700.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERE
The 3 tiles of ERE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ERE
Showing 24 of 48 words that begin with ERE.
Words ending in ERE
Showing 24 of 208 words that end in ERE. Useful as a back hook: play ERE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERE inside
Showing 24 of 3291 words that contain ERE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERE
Common questions about ERE
- Is ERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERE, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERE worth?
- ERE is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERE mean?
- Before — in archaic or poetic use.
- What letters can be added to ERE?
- ERE takes 14 hooks: 11 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ERE:
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