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Is dither a Scrabble word?

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

D2I1T1H4E1R1

Is dither a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1T1H4E1R1

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D2I1T1H3E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DITHER,

5-letter words (10 found)

DERTH,HIDER,HIRED,ITHER,THEIR,THIRD,THRID,TIRED,TRIDE,TRIED,

4-letter words (21 found)

DIET,DIRE,DIRT,DITE,EDIT,HEID,HEIR,HERD,HIDE,HIED,HIRE,IRED,RIDE,RITE,TEHR,THIR,TIDE,TIED,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,

3-letter words (22 found)

DEI,DIE,DIT,EDH,ETH,HER,HET,HID,HIE,HIT,IDE,IRE,RED,REH,REI,RET,RID,RIT,TED,THE,TID,TIE,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DI,ED,EH,ER,ET,HE,HI,ID,IT,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from dither according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dither

dither

Etymology

Variant of didder, from Middle English dideren (“to tremble”). Compare Middle English bididren, bididdren (“to seduce, deceive”), from Old English bedidrian, bedyderian (“to deceive, trick”).

Alternatively, perhaps with expressive voicing from *titeren, from Proto-Germanic *titrōną. If so a doublet of teeter and cognate with Old High German zittarōn (German zittern) and Old Norse titra (Faroese titra, Icelandic titra). Alternatively an unrelated reduplicative onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪðə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪðɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪðə(ɹ)

Verb

dither (third-person singular simple present dithers, present participle dithering, simple past and past participle dithered) (intransitive)

  1. To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
  2. To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
    • 2012, The Economist, Sept. 22nd issue, Indian Reform: At Last
      The dithering Mr Singh of recent times may worry that his reform proposals are already too bold. The reforming Mr Singh of yore would see them as just the start.
  3. To do something nervously.
  5. (computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image or graphic) by using dot patterns to simulate the appearance of colors or shades not in the system palette.
  6. To intentionally add noise to a signal to randomize errors.

Derived terms

  • ditherer
  • dithering
  • ditheringly
  • dithery

Related terms

  • dodder

Translations

Noun

dither (countable and uncountable, plural dithers)

  1. The state of being undecided.
  2. A form of noise which is intentionally applied to randomize errors which occur in the processing of both digital audio and digital video data.
  3. (computer graphics) The use of dot patterns to approximate colors not available in the palette.

Derived terms

  • dither fish
  • in a dither

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dither”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • dither on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • drieth, rideth, thirde

Source: wiktionary.org