err

Verb

Verb Forms: erred, erring, errs

To make a mistake or be incorrect.
to make a mistake or be incorrect
wander from a direct course or at random
To make a mistake.
To sin.
to stray.

Intj

Elongated form of er (“sound of hesitation”).

Examples

Err... what did you just say?
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
To ERR is human, to play a seven-letter word on a triple is divine in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”).

Synonyms

drift, mistake, slip, stray

Scrabble Score: 3

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

Words With Friends Score: 3

err: valid Words With Friends Word