tier
One who ties (knots, etc.).
Noun 4 meanings
One who ties (knots, etc.).
Something that ties.
A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
A rank or grade; a stratum.
“Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League.”
Verb 3 meanings
To arrange in layers.
To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.
Etymology
From tie + -er.
TIER at a glance
TIER has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,464 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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