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Is debt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word debt is a Scrabble US word. The word debt is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

D2E1B3T1

Is debt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word debt is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2E1B3T1

Is debt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word debt is a Words With Friends word. The word debt is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1B4T1

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4-letter words (1 found)

DEBT,

3-letter words (4 found)

BED,BET,DEB,TED,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,DE,ED,ET,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from debt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of debt

debt edbt dbet bdet ebdt bedt detb edtb dteb tdeb etdb tedb dbte bdte dtbe tdbe btde tbde ebtd betd etbd tebd bted tbed

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word debt. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in debt.

Definitions and meaning of debt

debt

Alternative forms

  • dette (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“I owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“I have”). Doublet of debit.

The unpronounced "b" in the modern English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon dēbitum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt
  • Homophone: death (with th-stopping)

Noun

debt (countable and uncountable, plural debts)

  1. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
  2. The state or condition of owing something to another.
  3. (finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
  4. (law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due

Derived terms

Related terms

  • debit
  • debitor
  • debtor
  • indebted

Translations

See also

  • owe

References

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

debt

  1. Alternative form of dette

Source: wiktionary.org