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Sour

/ˈsaʊə/

Scrabble:4 ptsWWF:5 pts4 letters
Definition of Sour

noun

  1. The sensation of a sour taste.
  2. A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
  3. (by extension) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
  4. A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
  5. The acidic solution used in souring fabric.

verb

  1. To make sour.

    "Too much lemon juice will sour the recipe."

  2. To become sour.
  3. To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
  4. To become disenchanted.

    "We broke up after our relationship soured."

  5. To make (soil) cold and unproductive.

adjective

  1. Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

    "Lemons have a sour taste."

  2. Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

    "Don't drink that milk; it's turned sour."

  3. Tasting or smelling rancid.

    "His sour breath makes it unpleasing to talk to him."

  4. (of a person's character) Peevish or bad-tempered.

    "He gave me a sour look."

  5. (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.

    "a sour marsh"

Anagrams of Sour

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "sour":

ours

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "sour" and rearranging:

+cscour
+ddurossudor
+eeurosrouesrouse
+ffours
+hhours
+llours
+ppoursroups
+ssorussours
+troustroutsstourtorustours
+yyours
Related Word Patterns
SO...Words starting with "so"...URWords ending with "ur"All 4-letter wordsUnscramble "sour"
Synonyms & Antonyms

ANTONYMS

sweet
Letter Values
s1
o1
u1
r1

Total: 4 Scrabble points

Word Tools
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Rhymes With Sour
accoucheurallosauramateuramourankylosaurantifurapatosaurarbitrageurarbourarchosaurardourarmour
Related 4-Letter Words
sabesabssacksacssadesadisafesagasagesagosagssagysaidsailsain

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Sour"

Sour is a 4-letter word that scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "sour" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Sour" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "sour" is a low-scoring word.