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Updated June 2026
A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something. It can refer to a company that transports goods or passengers, or a person or organism that transmits a disease.
“The postal carrier delivered three parcels to our office this morning.”
/ˈkæ.rɪ.ə/
car·ri·er
Contains double R; watch for the -IER ending pattern
Worth 9 points; -IER suffix is useful for extending words
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