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Is cheat a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cheat is a Scrabble US word. The word cheat is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is cheat a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cheat is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word cheat is a Words With Friends word. The word cheat is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

CHEAT,TACHE,TEACH,THECA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACHE,CATE,CHAT,EACH,EATH,ECHT,ETCH,HAET,HATE,HEAT,TACE,TACH,TECH,THAE,

3-letter words (18 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ATE,CAT,CHA,CHE,EAT,ECH,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HET,TAE,TEA,TEC,THE,

2-letter words (11 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 48 words from cheat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cheat

cheat hceat cehat echat hecat ehcat chaet hcaet cahet achet hacet ahcet ceaht ecaht caeht aceht eacht aecht heact ehact haect ahect eahct aehct cheta hceta cehta echta hecta ehcta chtea hctea cthea tchea htcea thcea cetha ectha cteha tceha etcha techa hetca ehtca hteca theca ethca tehca chate hcate cahte achte hacte ahcte chtae hctae cthae tchae htcae thcae cathe acthe ctahe tcahe atche tache hatce ahtce htace thace athce tahce ceath ecath caeth aceth eacth aecth cetah ectah cteah tceah etcah tecah cateh acteh ctaeh tcaeh atceh taceh eatch aetch etach teach atech taech heatc ehatc haetc ahetc eahtc aehtc hetac ehtac hteac theac ethac tehac hatec ahtec htaec thaec athec tahec eathc aethc etahc teahc atehc taehc

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Definitions and meaning of cheat

cheat

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English acheten, variant of escheten, from Old French escheoiter, from the noun (see below). Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

Verb

cheat (third-person singular simple present cheats, present participle cheating, simple past and past participle cheated)

  1. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
    Synonym: break the rules
  2. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
    Synonym: step out on
  3. (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
  4. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
    Synonyms: belirt, blench, lirt
  5. (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
Translations

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English chete, an aphetic form of eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), from the past participle of eschoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Vulgar Latin *excadēre, from Latin ex + cadere (“fall”).

Noun

cheat (plural cheats)

  1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
    Synonyms: fraud, trick, imposition, imposture
  2. Someone who cheats.
    Synonym: (informal) cheater
  3. The weed cheatgrass.
  4. (card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
    Synonyms: bullshit, BS, I doubt it
  5. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → French: cheat
  • → German: Cheat
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Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English chet (“low-quality bread”), of unknown origin; compare manchet.

Noun

cheat (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.
Translations

Further reading

  • cheat (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • 'tache, Tache, Taché, Teach, Tâche, chate, he-cat, tache, teach, theca

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃit/

Noun

cheat m (plural cheats)

  1. (video games) cheat

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • xite, xit

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheat.

Pronunciation

Noun

cheat m (plural cheats)

  1. (video games) cheat (hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game)
    Synonyms: batota, trapaça, macete, hack

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org