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Yes. The word chanter is a Scrabble US word. The word chanter is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word chanter is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHANTER,TRANCHE,

6-letter words (16 found)

ANTHER,CANTER,CARNET,CENTRA,CHARET,CHENAR,CREANT,ENARCH,HARTEN,NECTAR,RACHET,RECANT,TANREC,THENAR,TRANCE,TRENCH,

5-letter words (41 found)

AHENT,ANTRE,CANEH,CANER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CHANT,CHARE,CHART,CHEAT,CHERT,CRANE,CRATE,CRENA,EARNT,EARTH,ENACT,HANCE,HATER,HEART,NACHE,NACRE,NATCH,NEATH,RACHE,RANCE,RANCH,RATCH,RATHE,REACH,REACT,RECTA,RETCH,TACHE,TEACH,TENCH,THANE,THECA,THRAE,TRACE,

4-letter words (65 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,ANTE,ARCH,ARET,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARN,CART,CATE,CENT,CERT,CHAR,CHAT,CHER,CRAN,EACH,EARN,EATH,ECHT,ETCH,ETNA,HAEN,HAET,HANT,HARE,HARN,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HENT,HERN,NACH,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RACE,RACH,RANT,RATE,RATH,REAN,RENT,RHEA,TACE,TACH,TAHR,TANE,TANH,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TECH,TEHR,TERN,THAE,THAN,THAR,THEN,

3-letter words (47 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ANE,ANT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAN,CAR,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAN,EAR,EAT,ECH,ERA,ERN,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAN,HAT,HEN,HER,HET,NAE,NAH,NAT,NET,NTH,RAH,RAN,RAT,REC,REH,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AH,AN,AR,AT,CH,EA,EH,EN,ER,ET,HA,HE,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 190 words from chanter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chanter

chanter

Alternative forms

  • chantor

Etymology

From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant +‎ -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːntə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ), -ɑːntə(ɹ)

Noun

chanter (plural chanters)

  1. One who chants or sings.
  2. A priest who sings in a chantry.
  3. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
    • 1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
      the piper was near being strangled / They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all.
  4. The hedge sparrow.
  5. (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Translations

Anagrams

  • tranche

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.te/

Verb

chanter

  1. (singing) to sing
  2. to crow

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • chanter comme une casserole
  • chanter comme une seringue
  • faire chanter

Related terms

  • chanson
  • chant
  • chanteur
  • chantonner
  • chantre
  • faire chanter
  • chantage
  • chantable

Further reading

  • “chanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "chanter"

Anagrams

  • chantre, tranche, tranché

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chanter.

Verb

chanter

  1. to sing

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

  • French: chanter

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantō, cantare (“sing”, verb).

Pronunciation

Verb

chanter (gerund chant'tie)

  1. (Jersey) to sing

Old French

Alternative forms

  • canter (Normandy, Picardy, Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin cantāre. First known attestation ca. 980 as canter.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈteːɾ/, (northern) /kan-/

Verb

chanter

  1. to pray (to God)
  2. to sing
  3. to retell, to recount

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

  • (to retell): conter

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: chantai
  • Franc-Comtois: tchaintaie
  • French: chanter
  • Norman: canter
  • Picard: canter
  • Walloon: tchanter
  • → Middle English: chaunten, chaunte, chawnton
    • English: chant
    • Scots: chant

Romansch

Verb

chanter

  1. (Puter) Alternative form of chantar (“to sing”)

Source: wiktionary.org