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Is clatter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word clatter is a Scrabble US word. The word clatter is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is clatter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clatter is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

CLATTER,

6-letter words (9 found)

CARTEL,CATTLE,CLARET,LATTER,RATTLE,RECTAL,TARCEL,TATLER,TECTAL,

5-letter words (29 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARETT,ARTEL,CARET,CARLE,CARTE,CATER,CLART,CLEAR,CLEAT,CRATE,ECLAT,LACER,LACET,LATER,LATTE,RATEL,REACT,RECAL,RECTA,TACET,TALER,TATER,TECTA,TETRA,TRACE,TRACT,TREAT,

4-letter words (39 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,ARET,ARLE,CARE,CARL,CART,CATE,CELT,CERT,CLAT,EARL,ETAT,LACE,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAR,LEAT,RACE,RALE,RATE,REAL,TACE,TACT,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TARE,TART,TATE,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TELA,TELT,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (33 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,CAL,CAR,CAT,CEL,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,REC,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEC,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 124 words from clatter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clatter

clatter

Etymology

From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren.

The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklætɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklætə/
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: clat‧ter

Verb

clatter (third-person singular simple present clatters, present participle clattering, simple past and past participle clattered)

  1. (intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
  2. (intransitive) To chatter noisily or rapidly.
    • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
      But if that I knewe what his name hight, / For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; / For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, / I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […]
  3. (Northern England) To hit; to smack.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

clatter (plural clatters)

  1. A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.
  2. A loud disturbance.
  3. Noisy talk or chatter.

Synonyms

  • commotion
  • racket

Derived terms

  • clattery

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “clatter”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “clatter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org