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Is bleat a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bleat is a Scrabble US word. The word bleat is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is bleat a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bleat is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (4 found)

ABLET,BLATE,BLEAT,TABLE,

4-letter words (19 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALBE,BAEL,BALE,BATE,BEAL,BEAT,BELT,BETA,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,LATE,LEAT,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALB,ALE,ALT,ATE,BAE,BAL,BAT,BEL,BET,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAB,LAT,LEA,LET,TAB,TAE,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AL,AT,BA,BE,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 56 words from bleat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bleat

bleat lbeat belat eblat lebat elbat blaet lbaet balet ablet labet albet bealt ebalt baelt abelt eablt aeblt leabt elabt laebt alebt ealbt aelbt bleta lbeta belta eblta lebta elbta bltea lbtea btlea tblea ltbea tlbea betla ebtla btela tbela etbla tebla letba eltba lteba tleba etlba telba blate lbate balte ablte labte albte bltae lbtae btlae tblae ltbae tlbae batle abtle btale tbale atble table latbe altbe ltabe tlabe atlbe talbe beatl ebatl baetl abetl eabtl aebtl betal ebtal bteal tbeal etbal tebal batel abtel btael tbael atbel tabel eatbl aetbl etabl teabl atebl taebl leatb elatb laetb aletb ealtb aeltb letab eltab lteab tleab etlab telab lateb alteb ltaeb tlaeb atleb taleb eatlb aetlb etalb tealb atelb taelb

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Definitions and meaning of bleat

bleat

Alternative forms

  • blate, blait (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (to bleat), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (to bleat), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (to howl, cry, bleat), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to make a loud noise).

Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (to bleat), Dutch blaten (to bleat), Low German bleten (to bleat), German blaßen, blässen (to bleat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbliːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

bleat (plural bleats)

  1. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

Synonyms

  • (sheep's cry): baa, baaing, bleating

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bleat (third-person singular simple present bleats, present participle bleating, simple past and past participle bleated)

  1. Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound.
  2. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.
    The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.
  3. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener.

Synonyms

  • (make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat): baa
  • (complain): kvetch (US), moan, whinge (UK), whine

Translations

Anagrams

  • ablet, blate, table

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz, whence also Old High German blōz (naked), Old Norse blautr. More at blouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blæ͜ɑːt/

Adjective

blēat

  1. wretched, miserable

Declension

Derived terms

  • wælblēat

Descendants

  • Middle English: *blete, *bleet
    • Scots: bleat, blait, bleet

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian blāt, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.

Adjective

bleat

  1. bare, naked
  2. poor

Inflection

Further reading

  • “bleat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org