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Is berth a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word berth is a Scrabble US word. The word berth is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is berth a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word berth is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

BERTH,

4-letter words (3 found)

BETH,HERB,TEHR,

3-letter words (8 found)

BET,ETH,HER,HET,REB,REH,RET,THE,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,EH,ER,ET,HE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from berth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of berth

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Definitions and meaning of berth

berth

Alternative forms

  • birth, byrth (obsolete)

Etymology

Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *berth (bearing, carriage), equivalent to bear +‎ -th. This would make it a doublet of birth.

Alternatively, from an alteration of Middle English beard, bærde (bearing, conduct), itself of obscure formation. Compare Old English ġebǣru (bearing, conduct, behaviour).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɜːθ/
  • (US) enPR: bûrth, IPA(key): /bɝθ/
  • Homophone: birth
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

berth (plural berths)

  1. A fixed bunk for sleeping (in caravans, trains, etc).
  2. Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
  3. A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  4. (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
  5. A job or position, especially on a ship.
  6. (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  7. (sports) position on the field of play

Derived terms

  • berthage
  • berthless
  • foul berth
  • sleeper berth
  • starting berth
  • V-berth
  • wide berth

Translations

Verb

berth (third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)

  1. (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth/berthing
    1. (astronautics) To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock
  2. (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to

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Translations

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛrθ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh berth, from Proto-Brythonic *berθ, from Proto-Celtic *berxtos.

Adjective

berth (feminine singular berth, plural berthion, equative berthed, comparative berthach, superlative berthaf)

  1. (obsolete) fair, fine, beautiful
Derived terms
  • anferth (colossal, gargantuan)
  • prydferth (beautiful, handsome)

Mutation

Etymology 2

Noun

berth

  1. Soft mutation of perth (hedge).

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