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Is fright a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fright is a Scrabble US word. The word fright is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is fright a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fright is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4R1I1G2H4T1

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Yes. The word fright is a Words With Friends word. The word fright is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

FRIGHT,

5-letter words (7 found)

FIGHT,FIRTH,FRITH,GIRTH,GRIFT,GRITH,RIGHT,

4-letter words (9 found)

FRIG,FRIT,GIFT,GIRT,GRIT,RIFT,THIG,THIR,TRIG,

3-letter words (11 found)

FIG,FIR,FIT,GHI,GIF,GIT,HIT,RIF,RIG,RIT,TIG,

2-letter words (5 found)

GI,HI,IF,IT,TI,

You can make 33 words from fright according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fright

fright

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: frīt, IPA(key): /fɹaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • (Canada, Northern US) IPA(key): /fɹʌit/

Etymology 1

From Middle English fright, furht, from Old English fryhtu, fyrhto (“fright, fear, dread, trembling, horrible sight”), from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄ (“fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- (“to fear”).

Cognate with Scots fricht (“fright”), Old Frisian fruchte (“fright”), Low German frucht (“fright”), Middle Dutch vrucht, German Furcht (“fear, fright”), Danish frygt (“fear”), Swedish fruktan (“fear, fright, dread”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 (faurhtei, “fear, horror, fright”). Compare possibly Albanian frikë (“fear, fright, dread, danger”).

Noun

fright (countable and uncountable, plural frights)

  1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
  2. Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • frighten
Translations

Verb

fright (third-person singular simple present frights, present participle frighting, simple past and past participle frighted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To frighten.
Derived terms
  • befright

Etymology 2

Probably short for affright, from Middle English afright, from Old English āfyrht, past participle of āfyrhtan (“to make afraid; terrify”).

Adjective

fright (comparative more fright, superlative most fright)

  1. (rare) frightened; afraid; affright

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • friȝt, freyhte, fyrht, furht, frigt, fryȝt

Etymology

From Old English fryhtu, from earlier fyrhtu, from Proto-Germanic *furhtį̄.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrixt(ə)/, [ˈfriçt(ə)]

Noun

fright (plural *frightes)

  1. A fright or scare.

Related terms

  • frighten
  • frightful (rare)
  • frighti (rare)
  • frightly (rare)

Descendants

  • English: fright
  • Scots: fricht

References

  • “fright, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Source: wiktionary.org