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Is breath a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word breath is a Scrabble US word. The word breath is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is breath a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word breath is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3R1E1A1T1H4

Is breath a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word breath is a Words With Friends word. The word breath is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

BATHER,BERTHA,BREATH,

5-letter words (10 found)

BATHE,BEATH,BERTH,EARTH,HATER,HEART,RATHE,REHAB,TABER,THRAE,

4-letter words (31 found)

ABER,ABET,ARET,BAHT,BARE,BATE,BATH,BEAR,BEAT,BETA,BETH,BHAT,BRAE,BRAT,EATH,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HERB,RATE,RATH,RHEA,TAHR,TARE,TEAR,TEHR,THAE,THAR,

3-letter words (29 found)

ARB,ARE,ART,ATE,BAE,BAH,BAR,BAT,BET,BRA,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAH,RAT,REB,REH,RET,TAB,TAE,TAR,TEA,THE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AH,AR,AT,BA,BE,EA,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 90 words from breath according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of breath

breath

Alternative forms

  • breth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþiz (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation), of unknown origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwer- (“smell”) or alternatively from *bʰreh₁- (“to blow; breath, vapor, steam”), but without certain Indo-European cognates outside Germanic.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: brĕth, IPA(key): /bɹɛθ/ [bɹ̠ʷɛθ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛθ

Noun

breath (countable and uncountable, plural breaths)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of breathing.
  2. (countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
  3. (uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.
  4. (countable) A rest or pause.
  5. A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
  6. (obsolete) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
  7. (obsolete) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

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Translations

Adjective

breath (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)

Verb

breath (third-person singular simple present breaths, present participle breathing, simple past and past participle breathed)

  1. Misspelling of breathe.
    In the polar regions one finds dark cold waters with few places to breath.

See also

  • exhalation
  • inhalation
  • respiration

References

Anagrams

  • Bertha, bareth, bather, bertha

Irish

Noun

breath f (genitive singular breithe, nominative plural breitheanna)

  1. Alternative form of breith (“birth; lay; bearing capacity; bringing, taking; seizing; catching, overtaking”)

Noun

breath f (genitive singular breithe, nominative plural breitheanna)

  1. Alternative form of breith (“judgment, decision; injunction”)

Declension

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “breath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org