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Definition of searcher

"searcher" in the noun sense

1. seeker, searcher, quester

someone making a search or inquiry

"they are seekers after truth"

2. searcher

a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items

3. searcher, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator

large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars found in North America

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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searcher in Scrabble®

The word searcher is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters searcher:

SEARCHER

(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

archers, careers, crasher, creaser, hearers, reacher, reaches, rehears, reshare, shearer

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In searcher

SEARCHER

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CRASHER

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searcher in Words With Friends™

The word searcher is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters searcher:

SEARCHER

(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

archers, careers, crasher, creaser, hearers, reacher, reaches, rehears, reshare, shearer

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SEARCHER

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REACHES

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ESCHAR

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Words within the letters of searcher

2 letter words in searcher (7 words)

ah ar as eh ha he re

3 letter words in searcher (17 words)

ace arc are ars ash car cee ear era err has her hes sac sea see she

4 letter words in searcher (31 words)

aces ache acre arch arcs ares care cars case cash cees cere char each ears ease eras hare hear here hers race rare rash rear resh scar sear seer sera sere

5 letter words in searcher (30 words)

acers acher aches acres asher carer cares cease ceres chars chase cheer crash easer erase hares hears heres racer races rares reach rears scare scree serac serer share shear sheer

6 letter words in searcher (20 words)

archer arches career carers casher chaser cheers crease eraser eschar hearer hearse racers rasher recase rehear scarer search searer sharer

7 letter words in searcher (10 words)

archers careers crasher creaser hearers reacher reaches rehears reshare shearer

8 letter words in searcher (Anagrams) (3 words)

reachers research searcher

searcher + 1 blank (10 words)

archeress archeries breachers horserace preachers presearch racehorse recharges searchers treachers

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Words containing the sequence searcher

Words that start with searcher (4 words)

searcher searchers searchership searcherships

Words with searcher in them (8 words)

searcher bioresearchers coresearchers jobsearchers outsearchers presearchers researchers stripsearchers

Words that end with searcher (8 words)

bioresearcher coresearcher jobsearcher outsearcher presearcher researcher searcher stripsearcher

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Word Growth involving searcher

Shorter words in searcher

ar arc arch archer

he her archer

ar arc arch search

ar ear sear search

sea sear search

Longer words containing searcher

jobsearcher jobsearchers

outsearcher outsearchers

researcher bioresearcher bioresearchers

researcher coresearcher coresearchers

researcher presearcher presearchers

researcher researchers bioresearchers

researcher researchers coresearchers

researcher researchers presearchers

searchers jobsearchers

searchers outsearchers

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searchers researchers coresearchers

searchers researchers presearchers

searchers searchership searcherships

searchers stripsearchers

stripsearcher stripsearchers

Definition of searcher

"searcher" in the noun sense

1. seeker, searcher, quester

2. searcher

3. searcher, searcher beetle, Calosoma scrutator

searcher in Scrabble®

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters searcher:

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searcher in Words With Friends™

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

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Words within the letters of searcher

2 letter words in searcher (7 words)

3 letter words in searcher (17 words)

4 letter words in searcher (31 words)

5 letter words in searcher (30 words)

6 letter words in searcher (20 words)

7 letter words in searcher (10 words)

8 letter words in searcher (Anagrams) (3 words)

searcher + 1 blank (10 words)

searcher + 2 blanks (29 words)

Words containing the sequence searcher

Words that start with searcher (4 words)

Words with searcher in them (8 words)

Words that end with searcher (8 words)

Word Growth involving searcher

Shorter words in searcher

Longer words containing searcher