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

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7-letter words (1 found)

FLATTER,

6-letter words (5 found)

FALTER,FATTER,LATTER,RATTLE,TATLER,

5-letter words (21 found)

AFTER,ALEFT,ALERT,ALTER,ARETT,ARTEL,FARLE,FEART,FERAL,FETAL,FETTA,FLARE,FRATE,LATER,LATTE,RATEL,TALER,TATER,TETRA,TREAT,TREFA,

4-letter words (46 found)

ALEF,ARET,ARLE,EARL,ETAT,FARE,FARL,FART,FATE,FEAL,FEAR,FEAT,FELT,FETA,FETT,FLAT,FLEA,FRAE,FRAT,FRET,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAF,LEAR,LEAT,LEFT,RAFT,RALE,RATE,REAL,REFT,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TART,TATE,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TELA,TELT,TERF,TRAT,TREF,TRET,

3-letter words (37 found)

AFT,ALE,ALF,ALT,ARE,ARF,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,EFT,ELF,ELT,ERA,ERF,ETA,FAE,FAR,FAT,FER,FET,FRA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,REF,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEF,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EF,EL,ER,ET,FA,FE,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 126 words from flatter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of flatter

flatter

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈflætɚ/, [ˈflæɾɚ]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflætə/
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: flat‧ter

Etymology 1

From flat +‎ -er (comparative suffix). Compare Icelandic flatari (“flatter, more flat”).

Adjective

flatter

  1. comparative form of flat: more flat

Etymology 2

  • From Middle English flatteren, flateren (“to flutter, float, fawn over”), probably a conflation of Old English floterian, flotorian (“to flutter, float, be disquieted”), from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną (“to be floating”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow, swim”); and Old Norse flaðra (“to fawn on someone, flatter”), from Proto-Germanic *flaþrōną (“to fawn over, flutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *peled- (“moisture, wetness”), *pel- (“to gush, pour out, fill, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Scots flatter, flotter (“to float; splash; cover with liquid”), Middle Dutch flatteren (“to embellish, flatter, caress”), German flattern (“to flutter”).
  • The word was also associated with Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), from Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”); related to Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat.

Verb

flatter (third-person singular simple present flatters, present participle flattering, simple past and past participle flattered) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
    • 1855, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 7, p. 242,[1]
      Some he complimented for their bravery; others he flattered by asking their advice.
  2. To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
    Synonym: stroke someone's ego
  3. To portray someone to advantage.
  4. To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
  5. (usually reflexive) To cheer or please (with the idea that)
    1. (obsolete, intransitive) In phrasal verb "to flatter with": to encourage, inspire with hope.
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Etymology 3

From flat (“to make flat, flatten”) +‎ -er (agent suffix).

Noun

flatter (plural flatters)

  1. A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
  2. A flat-faced fulling hammer.
  3. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
  4. Someone who flattens, purposely or accidentally. Also flattener.
Translations

Etymology 4

From flat (“dwelling, apartment”) +‎ -er (residency suffix).

Noun

flatter (plural flatters)

  1. (British, New Zealand, slang) Someone who lives in a rented flat.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), from Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plet-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”). Cognate with Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat, flétrir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fla.te/

Verb

flatter

  1. to flatter
  2. to pet, to caress

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • flatterie
  • flatteur

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Verb

flatter

  1. inflection of flattern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Middle French

Verb

flatter

  1. to flatter

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Source: wiktionary.org