Definitions for pair-oar

pair-oar pair-oar

Spelling: [pair-awr, -ohr]
IPA: /ˈpɛərˌɔr, -ˌoʊr/

Pair-Oar is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in pair-oar (-aaioprr).

Definitions for pair-oar

noun

  1. a racing shell propelled by two persons, each with one oar.

Origin of pair-oar

First recorded in 1850-55

Examples for pair-oar

And I suppose I looked my words, for my amphibious friend ran the pair-oar down into the water without more ado.

There are challenge prizes for the house fours and for the sculling and pulling, as the pair-oar outrigger race is called.

The boat house was deserted, but out in mid-stream was a pair-oar and a rowboat, the latter well filled.

In pair-oar rowing there is needed a je-ne-sais-quoi sort of mutual concession of style.

In a pair-oar, if either of the hands is a bad waterman, the combination will never rise above mediocrity.

The three pair-oar boats moved off to the starting point and the crowd prepared to watch another exciting contest.

Word Value for pair-oar
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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