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rumour British English spelling


rumour - noun

  • gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

  • rumour - verb

    • tell or spread rumors

    rumour - thesaurus

    bruit   hearsay   rumor American English spelling  


    View spelling list Words ending in our and learn about the word rumour in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 25. Word endings: -er, -ar, -or, -our, re, a and -ery, -ary.

    Scrabble score for rumour

    r is 1 u is 1 m is 3 o is 1 u is 1 r is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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