swire
Not valid in Scrabble
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
/swaɪə/
Definition of swire
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (obsolete)The neck.
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noun
- (obsolete)The neck.
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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
- 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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