chare

Plural: chares

Noun

Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Verb

Verb Forms: chared, charing, chares

To perform small, odd jobs or domestic tasks.
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.

Examples

She preferred to CHARE away at short, efficient words rather than risk long, complicated ones.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.

Synonyms

alley

Scrabble Score: 10

chare: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
chare: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chare: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

chare: valid Words With Friends Word