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Is gait a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gait is a Scrabble US word. The word gait is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is gait a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gait is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

G2A1I1T1

Is gait a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gait is a Words With Friends word. The word gait is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1I1T1

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4-letter words (2 found)

GAIT,TAIG,

3-letter words (7 found)

AIT,GAT,GIT,ITA,TAG,TAI,TIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AG,AI,AT,GI,IT,TA,TI,

You can make 16 words from gait according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gait

gait agit giat igat aigt iagt gati agti gtai tgai atgi tagi gita igta gtia tgia itga tiga aitg iatg atig taig itag tiag

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gait. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gait.

Definitions and meaning of gait

gait

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Homophone: gate

Etymology 1

From Middle English gate (“way”), from Old Norse gata (“road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ. Compare gate.

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

  1. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
  2. (equestrianism) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

gait (third-person singular simple present gaits, present participle gaiting, simple past and past participle gaited)

  1. To teach a specific gait to a horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

  1. (UK, dialect) A sheaf of corn.
  2. (UK, dialect) A charge for pasturage.

Anagrams

  • Gita, taig

Middle English

Noun

gait

  1. (rare) Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Old Irish

Etymology

Matasović derives this from Proto-Celtic *gozdis, a variant of *gostis, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger”). The irregular vowel change is a dissimilation from got (“stammering”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡadʲ/

Noun

gait f (genitive gaite, nominative plural gata)

  1. verbal noun of gataid: theft

Inflection

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scots

Noun

gait (plural gaits)

  1. goat
  2. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡai̯t/

Verb

gait

  1. Soft mutation of cait.

Mutation


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