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

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Is charter a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHARTER,RECHART,

6-letter words (8 found)

ARCHER,ARRECT,CARTER,CHARET,CRATER,RACHET,RATHER,TRACER,

5-letter words (31 found)

ARRET,CARER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CHARE,CHARR,CHART,CHEAT,CHERT,CRARE,CRATE,EARTH,HATER,HEART,RACER,RACHE,RATCH,RATER,RATHE,REACH,REACT,RECTA,RETCH,TACHE,TARRE,TEACH,TERRA,THECA,THRAE,TRACE,

4-letter words (39 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACRE,ARCH,ARET,CARE,CARR,CART,CATE,CERT,CHAR,CHAT,CHER,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ETCH,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,RACE,RACH,RARE,RATE,RATH,REAR,RHEA,TACE,TACH,TAHR,TARE,TEAR,TECH,TEHR,THAE,THAR,

3-letter words (32 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAR,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAR,EAT,ECH,ERA,ERR,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAH,RAT,REC,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEC,THE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AR,AT,CH,EA,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 127 words from charter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of charter

charter

Alternative forms

  • chartre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English charter, chartre, borrowed from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula (diminutive of charta). See chart. Doublet of chartula.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑɹtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: char‧ter

Noun

charter (plural charters)

  1. A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
  2. A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.
  3. A contract for the commercial leasing of a vessel, or space on a vessel.
  4. The temporary hiring or leasing of a vehicle.
  5. A deed (legal contract).
  6. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
  7. (UK, derogatory, in a noun phrase with another noun which is either an agent or action) a provision whose unintended consequence would be to encourage an undesirable activity

Synonyms

  • (signed document): chirograph (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: ча́ртър (čártǎr)
  • → Dutch: charter
  • → Estonian: tšarter
  • → French: charter
  • → Italian: charter
  • → Japanese: チャーター (chātā)
  • → Polish: czarter
  • → Romanian: charter
  • → Russian: ча́ртер (čártɛr)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ча̏ртер
    Latin script: čȁrter
  • → Spanish: charter, chárter
  • → Swedish: charter
  • → Turkish: charter
  • → Uzbek: charter
  • → Welsh: siarter

Translations

Adjective

charter (not comparable)

  1. Leased or hired.

Translations

Verb

charter (third-person singular simple present charters, present participle chartering, simple past and past participle chartered)

  1. (transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
  2. (transitive) To lease or hire something by charter.
  3. (transitive, Canada, law) (of a peace officer) To inform (an arrestee) of their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms upon arrest.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • charret, chartre, rechart

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃarter/ [t͡ʃar.t̪er]
  • Rhymes: -arter
  • Hyphenation: char‧ter

Noun

charter inan

  1. charter flight

Declension

Further reading

  • "charter" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɑrt(ː)er/, [ˈʃɑ̝rt̪(ː)e̞r]

Noun

charter

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of charterlento (“charter flight”).

Usage notes

  • preferred Finnish term for "charter flight" is tilauslento

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English charter. Doublet of charte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.tɛʁ/

Noun

charter m (plural charters)

  1. a charter flight
  2. a charter plane
  3. a charter pilot

Further reading

  • “charter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • châtrer

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English charter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃar.ter/
  • Rhymes: -arter

Noun

charter m (invariable)

  1. charter plane or flight

Adjective

charter (invariable)

  1. (relational) charter

Middle English

Noun

charter

  1. Alternative form of chartre

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English charter.

Noun

charter n (plural chartere)

  1. (transport) charter

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English charter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaɾteɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃaɾ.t̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾteɾ
  • Syllabification: char‧ter

Noun

charter m (plural charteres)

  1. a shuttlebus

Swedish

Etymology

From English charter.

Noun

charter c

  1. charter trip
    Synonym: charterresa

Declension

Derived terms

  • charterbåt
  • charterflyg
  • charterplan
  • charterturism
  • charterturist
  • chartra

Source: wiktionary.org