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Is metaphor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word metaphor is a Scrabble US word. The word metaphor is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is metaphor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word metaphor is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Is metaphor a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word metaphor is a Words With Friends word. The word metaphor is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

METAPHOR,

7-letter words (3 found)

APOTHEM,PHORATE,TERAOHM,

6-letter words (13 found)

AMORET,EMPART,HAMPER,MOTHER,OMERTA,POTHER,PROTEA,TAMPER,TEPHRA,TERAPH,THORPE,THREAP,TROMPE,

5-letter words (65 found)

AMORT,APERT,APORT,APTER,ARMET,EARTH,EPHOR,HAREM,HATER,HEART,HEPAR,HERMA,HOMER,HOPER,HORME,MAHOE,MATER,MEATH,METHO,METRO,MOPER,MORAE,MORAT,MORPH,MPRET,OATER,OMRAH,OPERA,OPTER,ORATE,OTHER,PAREO,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PHARE,PHARM,PORAE,PORTA,POTAE,PRATE,PROEM,RAMET,RAPHE,RATHE,REMAP,REPOT,ROATE,TAMER,TAPER,TEMPO,THARM,THEMA,THERM,THORP,THRAE,THROE,TOPER,TOPHE,TORAH,TRAMP,TRAPE,TREMA,TROMP,TROPE,

4-letter words (118 found)

AERO,AHEM,APER,ARET,ATOM,ATOP,EATH,EMPT,EPHA,HAEM,HAET,HAME,HARE,HARM,HARO,HARP,HART,HATE,HEAP,HEAR,HEAT,HEMP,HEPT,HERM,HERO,HOAR,HOER,HOMA,HOME,HOPE,HORA,HORE,HOTE,MARE,MART,MATE,MATH,MEAT,META,METH,MOAT,MOER,MOHR,MOPE,MORA,MORE,MORT,MOTE,MOTH,OATH,OMER,OPAH,PARE,PART,PATE,PATH,PEAR,PEAT,PERM,PERT,PHAT,PHOT,POEM,POET,POME,PORE,PORT,POTE,PRAM,PRAO,PRAT,PREM,PROA,PROM,RAMP,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,RATH,RATO,REAM,REAP,REPO,RHEA,ROAM,ROHE,ROMA,ROMP,ROPE,ROTA,ROTE,TAHR,TAME,TAMP,TAPE,TARE,TARO,TARP,TEAM,TEAR,TEHR,TEMP,TEPA,TERM,THAE,THAR,THEM,THRO,TOEA,TOME,TOPE,TOPH,TORA,TORE,TRAM,TRAP,TREM,TROP,

3-letter words (93 found)

AME,AMP,APE,APO,APT,ARE,ARM,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,EMO,ERA,ERM,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAM,HAO,HAP,HAT,HEM,HEP,HER,HET,HOA,HOE,HOM,HOP,HOT,MAE,MAP,MAR,MAT,MEH,MET,MHO,MOA,MOE,MOP,MOR,MOT,OAR,OAT,OHM,OMA,OPA,OPE,OPT,ORA,ORE,ORT,PAH,PAM,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEH,PER,PET,PHO,PHT,POA,POH,POM,POT,PRE,PRO,RAH,RAM,RAP,RAT,REH,REM,REO,REP,RET,RHO,ROE,ROM,ROT,TAE,TAM,TAO,TAP,TAR,TEA,THE,THO,TOE,TOM,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (29 found)

AE,AH,AM,AR,AT,EA,EH,EM,ER,ET,HA,HE,HM,HO,MA,ME,MO,OE,OH,OM,OP,OR,PA,PE,PO,RE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 323 words from metaphor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of metaphor

metaphor

English

Etymology

From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “I transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tə.fə/, /ˈmɛt.ə.fɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ/
  • (US, rare) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tə.fɚ/
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧phor
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

metaphor (countable and uncountable, plural metaphors)

  1. (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.
    Coordinate term: simile (when the similarity is made explicit by the words like or as)
  2. (countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.
    • 1979, Daniel Breazeale (translator), Friedrich Nietzsche, On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense [1873, Über Wahrheit und Lüge im außermoralischen Sinn], in Philosophy and Truth, page 84, quoted in 1998, Ian Markham, Truth and the Reality of God: An Essay in Natural Theology, page 103,
      What then is truth? A movable host of metaphors, metonymies, and anthropomorphisms: in short, a sum of human relations which have been poetically and rhetorically intensified, transferred, and embellished, and which, after long usage, seems to a people to be fixed, canonical, and binding. Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions; they are metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous force, coins which have lost their embossing and are now considered as metal and no longer as coins.
  3. (countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
    desktop metaphor; wastebasket metaphor

Hypernyms

  • (rhetoric): figure of speech, trope

Derived terms

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See also

  • analogy
  • idiom
  • metonymy, metonym
  • simile
  • allegory

Verb

metaphor (third-person singular simple present metaphors, present participle metaphoring, simple past and past participle metaphored)

  1. (intransitive) To use a metaphor.
  2. (transitive) To describe by means of a metaphor.

Anagrams

  • prothema

Source: wiktionary.org