yore
Plural: yores
Noun
- Time long past; in former times.
- time long past
- A time long past.
Adv
- In time long past; long ago.
Examples
- In days of YORE, Scrabble was played on wooden boards, not glowing screens.
- This word comes from the days of yore.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year.
Synonyms
foretime, long ago, long since, of old, the past, yestertide
Scrabble Score: 7
yore: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordyore: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yore: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary