Definitions for succor

succor suc·cor

Spelling: [suhk-er]
IPA: /ˈsʌk ər/

Succor is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in succor (ccorsu).

Definitions for succor

noun

  1. help; relief; aid; assistance.
  2. a person or thing that gives help, relief, aid, etc.

verb (used with object)

  1. to help or relieve.

Origin of succor

1250-1300; (v.) Middle English sucuren Old French suc(c)urre, socorre Latin succurrere to go beneath, run to help, equivalent to suc- suc-

Examples for succor

Such attention comes too late to offer any succor or comfort to the families, friends, and co-workers mourning the dead.

In contrast, a mammalian infant depends on the separation cry for succor and security.

And if it is to truly heal, Palestinians and Israelis must make of the scar a source of succor, not fear.

We slept five times instead of thrice and still no succor came.

Here's the platform the new Washington can succor: We want good schools, but don't fire bad teachers.

She was alone; he was hidden from the view of the men on the point, and no succor could come from them.

The human soul is an ocean tossed by storms of passion, deep and bottomless in its need for succor and nourishment.

They dashed after their new leader with only an instinct for shelter and succor.

What are kings made for, save to succor the feeble and distressed?

She must have heard and have known that people were there, trying to succor her.

Word Value for succor
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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