travers

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7

Definition of travers

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
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name

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A place name:
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adv

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete)across; athwart
    “1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.”

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman traverser (“to cross”), an occupational name for a toll collector. In Ireland, used as an Anglicization of Irish Ó Treabhair.

Anagrams of travers

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6-letter words

12 words

5-letter words

23 words

4-letter words

45 words

3-letter words

34 words

2-letter words

10 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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