streetcar
Plural: streetcars
Noun
- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
- A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. A trolley car.
Origin / Etymology
From street + car. Coined before the era of motorcars, the term emphasized a type of car on rails that were in the street (along with foot traffic, wagons, and carriages) rather than on a separate, dedicated railroad, as a railcar is.
Scrabble Score: 11
streetcar: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstreetcar: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
streetcar: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
streetcar: valid Words With Friends Word