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

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Is chatter a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

CHATTER,RATCHET,

6-letter words (4 found)

CHARET,HATTER,RACHET,THREAT,

5-letter words (31 found)

ARETT,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CHARE,CHART,CHEAT,CHERT,CRATE,EARTH,HATER,HEART,RACHE,RATCH,RATHE,REACH,REACT,RECTA,RETCH,TACET,TACHE,TATER,TEACH,TECTA,TETRA,THECA,THETA,THRAE,TRACE,TRACT,TREAT,

4-letter words (46 found)

ACER,ACHE,ACRE,ARCH,ARET,CARE,CART,CATE,CERT,CHAR,CHAT,CHER,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ETAT,ETCH,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,RACE,RACH,RATE,RATH,RHEA,TACE,TACH,TACT,TAHR,TARE,TART,TATE,TATH,TEAR,TEAT,TECH,TEHR,TETH,THAE,THAR,THAT,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,CAR,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAR,EAT,ECH,ERA,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAH,RAT,REC,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEC,TET,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 132 words from chatter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chatter

chatter

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃætə/
  • (General American) enPR: chătʹər, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃætɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English chateren, from earlier cheteren, chiteren (“to twitter, chatter, jabber”), of imitative origin. Compare Saterland Frisian tjoaterje (“to chatter”), West Frisian tsjotterje (“to chatter”), Dutch schateren, schetteren (“chatter”), Dutch koeteren (“jabber”), dialectal German kaudern (“to gobble (like a turkey)”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter, chirp”).

Noun

chatter (usually uncountable, plural chatters)

  1. Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.
    Synonyms: chattering, chatting, nattering; see also Thesaurus:chatter
  2. The sound of talking.
  3. The vocalisations of a Eurasian magpie, Pica pica.
  4. The vocalisations of various birds or other animals.
  5. An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
  6. (uncountable) In national security, the degree of communication between suspect groups and individuals, used to gauge the degree of expected terrorist activity.
  7. (uncountable) The situation where a drill or similar tool vibrates and tears the material rather than cutting it cleanly.
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Verb

chatter (third-person singular simple present chatters, present participle chattering, simple past and past participle chattered)

  1. (intransitive) To talk idly.
    Synonyms: chat, natter
  2. (intransitive, of teeth, machinery, etc.) To make a noise by rapid collisions.
    Synonyms: clatter, knock, (said of an engine) pink
  3. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.
Derived terms
  • chatter mark
Translations

Etymology 2

chat +‎ -er

Noun

chatter (plural chatters)

  1. One who chats.
  2. (Internet) A user of chat rooms.

Further reading

  • “chatter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “chatter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “chatter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • ratchet, traceth

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.te/, /tʃa.te/

Verb

chatter

  1. (Internet) Alternative form of tchatter

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org