Definitions for spier

spier spi·er

Spelling: [spahy-er]
IPA: /ˈspaɪ ər/

Spier is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in spier (eiprs).

Definitions for spier

noun

  1. a person who spies, watches, or discovers.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. speer.
  2. Chiefly Scot. to ask; inquire.

Origin of spier

Middle English word dating back to 1225-75; See origin at spy, -er1

Examples for spier

At spier Falls the head is 80 feet, and at Mechanicsville it is 18 feet.

From spier Falls to Albany the electric line is forty miles in length.

Would you prefer that I should spier (question) the boys, or that you should spier them?

I am reading spier all the time, and the reading provokes a mass of thoughts.

An' syne, wi' the folk comin' to spier for 'im an' swarmin' ower the kirkyaird, ye'd think a warlock was aboot.

He (spier) insists too much that corporeality is an illusion, and does not answer the question: why variation of sensations?

Eh, lassie, I was gangin' to spier at the lodge, gin there's a bit dog leevin' i' the kirkyaird.

He knew the hail kintra side, and used to spier a great many questions about the ways o' the auld folks.

spier that at me this day week, Maister Sutherlan', an' I'll aiblins answer ye; but no the nicht, no the nicht.

Word Value for spier
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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