Is “Rears” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
REARS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
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Meaning of Rears

verb
  1. 1.To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.

  2. 2.(said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.

    The family has been rearing cattle for 200 years.

  3. 3.To rise up on the hind legs

    The horse was shocked, and thus reared.

Synonyms: prance

verb
  1. 1.To move; stir.

  2. 2.(of geese) To carve.

    Rere that goose!

  3. 3.(regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life)

    He healeth the blind and he reareth to life the dead.

noun
  1. 1.The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last on order; - opposed to front.

  2. 2.Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.

  3. 3.The buttocks, a creature's bottom

Synonyms: rear end

verb
  1. 1.To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.

  2. 2.To sodomize (perform anal sex)