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Is fetter a Scrabble word?

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

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Is fetter a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4E1T1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

FETTER,

5-letter words (2 found)

FREET,TERFE,

4-letter words (16 found)

FEER,FEET,FERE,FETE,FETT,FREE,FRET,REEF,REFT,RETE,TEER,TERF,TETE,TREE,TREF,TRET,

3-letter words (12 found)

EFT,ERE,ERF,FEE,FER,FET,REE,REF,RET,TEE,TEF,TET,

2-letter words (7 found)

EE,EF,ER,ET,FE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from fetter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fetter

fetter

Etymology

From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”). Related to foot.

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfet.ə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛt.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɛt.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)

Noun

fetter (plural fetters)

  1. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).
  2. (figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains.

Synonyms

(chains on legs):

  • leg irons

Hyponyms

(chain binding generally):

  • handcuff, handcuffs
  • leg irons
  • manacle, manacles
  • shackle, shackles

Translations

Verb

fetter (third-person singular simple present fetters, present participle fettering, simple past and past participle fettered)

  1. (transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.
  2. (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.

Hyponyms

  • handcuff
  • manacle
  • shackle

Derived terms

  • unfetter

Translations

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛtɐ]
  • Homophone: Vetter

Adjective

fetter

  1. comparative degree of fett
  2. inflection of fett:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vedder.

Noun

fetter m (definite singular fetteren, indefinite plural fettere, definite plural fetterne)

  1. a cousin (male)

Coordinate terms

  • kusine

References

  • “fetter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vedder.

Noun

fetter m (definite singular fetteren, indefinite plural fetrar, definite plural fetrane)

  1. a male cousin

Coordinate terms

  • kusine f (“female cousin”)

References

  • “fetter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

fetter

  1. indefinite plural of fett

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fet‧ter

Noun

fetter m (plural fettyn)

  1. paternal uncle (brother of someone’s father)

Source: wiktionary.org