scorse

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
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/skɔː(ɹ)s/

Definition of scorse

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)barter; exchange; trade
    “And recompenst him with a better scorse.”
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noun

  1. (obsolete)barter; exchange; trade
    “And recompenst him with a better scorse.”

verb

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete)To barter or exchange.
    “But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse […]”
  2. (obsolete)To chase.
    “Him first from court he to the citties coursed, And from the citties to the townes him prest, And from the townes into the countrie forsed , And from the country back to private farmes he scorsed”

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Etymology

Compare Italian scorsa (“a course”), and English discourse.

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