blore

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

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/blɔː(ɹ)/

Definition of blore

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, dialectal)To cry; cry out; weep.
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verb

  1. (archaic, dialectal)To cry; cry out; weep.
  2. (archaic, dialectal)To bray; bleat like an animal; bellow.

noun

  1. (obsolete)The act of blowing; a roaring wind; a blast.
    “a most tempestuous blore”

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A village in Blore-with-Swinscoe parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK137493).
  2. (countable, uncountable)A habitational surname from Old English.

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Etymology

From Middle English bloren, variation of bleren, blaren, from Old English *blǣran, *blārian (“to blare, bellow, cry”). More at blare.

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