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Is delator a Scrabble word?

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

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Is delator a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

DELATOR,LEOTARD,

6-letter words (10 found)

DARTLE,DOATER,LOADER,LORATE,ORATED,ORDEAL,RELOAD,RETOLD,ROATED,TROADE,

5-letter words (37 found)

ADORE,ALDER,ALERT,ALOED,ALTER,ARLED,ARTEL,DATER,DEALT,DELTA,DERAT,DOTAL,DOTER,DROLE,LADER,LATED,LATER,OARED,OATER,OLDER,ORATE,OREAD,RATED,RATEL,REALO,ROATE,ROTAL,ROTED,TALER,TARDO,TARED,TOLAR,TOLED,TRADE,TREAD,TROAD,TRODE,

4-letter words (84 found)

AERO,ALOD,ALOE,ALTO,ARED,ARET,ARLE,DALE,DALT,DARE,DART,DATE,DATO,DEAL,DEAR,DELO,DELT,DERO,DOAT,DOER,DOLE,DOLT,DORE,DORT,DOTE,DRAT,EARD,EARL,EORL,LADE,LAER,LARD,LARE,LATE,LEAD,LEAR,LEAT,LOAD,LODE,LORD,LORE,LOTA,LOTE,ODAL,ODEA,OLDE,OLEA,ORAD,ORAL,ORLE,RADE,RALE,RATE,RATO,READ,REAL,REDO,ROAD,RODE,ROED,ROLE,ROTA,ROTE,ROTL,TAED,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TARO,TEAD,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,TELD,TOAD,TOEA,TOED,TOLA,TOLD,TOLE,TORA,TORE,TRAD,TROD,

3-letter words (57 found)

ADO,ALE,ALT,ARD,ARE,ART,ATE,DAE,DAL,DEL,DOE,DOL,DOR,DOT,EAR,EAT,ELD,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAD,LAR,LAT,LEA,LED,LET,LOD,LOR,LOT,OAR,OAT,ODA,ODE,OLD,OLE,ORA,ORD,ORE,ORT,RAD,RAT,RED,REO,RET,ROD,ROE,ROT,TAD,TAE,TAO,TAR,TEA,TED,TEL,TOD,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (22 found)

AD,AE,AL,AR,AT,DA,DE,DO,EA,ED,EL,ER,ET,LA,LO,OD,OE,OR,RE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 213 words from delator according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delator

delator

Etymology

From Middle English delatoures pl, from Latin dēlātor.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

delator (plural delators)

  1. An accuser; an informer.

Anagrams

  • leotard

Interlingua

Noun

delator (plural delatores)

  1. informer

Latin

Etymology

From dēlātus (perfect participle of dēferō) +‎ -tor (“-er”, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈlaː.tor/, [d̪eːˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈla.tor/, [d̪eˈläːt̪or]

Noun

dēlātor m (genitive dēlātōris, feminine dēlātrīx); third declension

  1. (post-Classical Latin) accuser, informer, informant, denouncer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • dēlātiō

Descendants

References

  • “delator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • delator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlātōrem (“informer, denouncer”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
  • Hyphenation: de‧la‧tor

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

  1. informant; whistle-blower

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French délateur.

Noun

delator m (plural delatori)

  1. informer

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēlātōrem (“informer, denouncer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /delaˈtoɾ/ [d̪e.laˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧la‧tor

Adjective

delator (feminine delatora, masculine plural delatores, feminine plural delatoras)

  1. telltale
    Synonym: chivato

Related terms

Noun

delator m (plural delatores, feminine delatora, feminine plural delatoras)

  1. informer
    Synonym: informante
  2. betrayer, accuser
    Synonyms: acusador, traidor

Further reading

  • “delator”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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