swire

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

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/swaɪə/

Definition of swire

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)The neck.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)The neck.
  2. A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale.
    “As he approached the swire at the head of the dell […], he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô.

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