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Is collet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word collet is a Scrabble US word. The word collet is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is collet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word collet is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3O1L1L1E1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

COLLET,

5-letter words (3 found)

CELLO,CLOTE,TELCO,

4-letter words (11 found)

CELL,CELT,CLOT,COLE,COLL,COLT,COTE,LOTE,TELL,TOLE,TOLL,

3-letter words (13 found)

CEL,COL,COT,ECO,ELL,ELT,LET,LOT,OLE,TEC,TEL,TOC,TOE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,ET,LO,OE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from collet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of collet

collet

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlɪt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlɪt
  • Hyphenation: col‧let

Etymology 1

From Middle French collet.

Noun

collet (plural collets)

  1. A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
  2. (jewelry) The rim (of a ring) within which a jewel is set.
    Synonym: bezel
  3. (horticulture) In an embryonic plant, the transition zone between the root and the hypocotyl (not clearly distinguishable in most plants.)
Related terms
  • garde-collet
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

collet (plural collets)

  1. Alternative form of colet (“lower servant in a church”).

Further reading

  • collet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kuˈʎɛt]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [koˈʎət]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [koˈʎet]

Etymology 1

From coll (“hill”) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

  1. (chiefly in toponyms) small hill
    Synonym: pujol

Etymology 2

From coll (“neck”) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

  1. Diminutive of coll (“neck”)
  2. the collar of a garment (especially a detachable one)

Further reading

  • “collet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “collet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French collet. By surface analysis, col +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɛ/

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

  1. (obsolete) collar
  2. snare, noose
  3. (short) cape
  4. (dentistry) neck (of tooth)
  5. (botany) neck

Derived terms

  • colletin
  • collet monté

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: colete

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Latin collum (“neck”) (modern co) +‎ -et.

Noun

collet m (plural collets)

  1. (Jersey) collar
  2. (Jersey) oarweed (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria saccharina)

Source: wiktionary.org