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What does gaiety mean? Is gaiety a Scrabble word?

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Is gaiety a Scrabble word?

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

G2A1I1E1T1Y4

Is gaiety a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2A1I1E1T1Y4

Is gaiety a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gaiety is a Words With Friends word. The word gaiety is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1I1E1T1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

GAIETY,

4-letter words (14 found)

GAIT,GATE,GEAT,GEIT,GETA,GITE,GYTE,TAIG,TIGE,YAGE,YAGI,YATE,YETI,YITE,

3-letter words (28 found)

AGE,AIT,ATE,AYE,EAT,ETA,GAE,GAT,GAY,GET,GEY,GIE,GIT,ITA,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAY,TEA,TEG,TIE,TIG,TYE,TYG,YAE,YAG,YEA,YET,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AT,AY,EA,ET,GI,IT,TA,TE,TI,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from gaiety according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gaiety

gaiety

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaieté, from gai. By surface analysis, gay +‎ -ety.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.ə.ti/, /ˈɡeɪ.ɪ.ti/
  • Hyphenation: gai‧e‧ty
  • Rhymes: -eɪɪti

Noun

gaiety (countable and uncountable, plural gaieties)

  1. (dated, uncountable) The state of being happy or merry.
  2. (dated, countable) Merrymaking or festivity.

Usage notes

  • Gaiety is not used to refer to sexual orientation, the word for which is gayness. Despite this, gaiety has largely fallen out of use due to the adjective gay's semantic shift in that direction.

Synonyms

  • (state of being happy): gayness

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