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Is gaiter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaiter is a Scrabble US word. The word gaiter is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaiter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaiter is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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6-letter words (4 found)

AIGRET,GAITER,TIRAGE,TRIAGE,

5-letter words (11 found)

GATER,GRATE,GREAT,IRATE,RETAG,RETIA,TARGE,TERAI,TERGA,TIGER,TRAGI,

4-letter words (34 found)

AGER,AIRT,AREG,ARET,ARTI,GAIR,GAIT,GARE,GARI,GART,GATE,GEAR,GEAT,GEIT,GERT,GETA,GIRT,GITE,GRAT,GRIT,RAGE,RAGI,RAIT,RATE,RITE,TAIG,TARE,TEAR,TIAR,TIER,TIGE,TIRE,TRIE,TRIG,

3-letter words (37 found)

AGE,AIR,AIT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERG,ETA,GAE,GAR,GAT,GER,GET,GIE,GIT,IRE,ITA,RAG,RAI,RAT,REG,REI,RET,RIA,RIG,RIT,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAR,TEA,TEG,TIE,TIG,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,GI,IT,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 101 words from gaiter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gaiter

gaiter

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French guêtre, from Middle French guiestres, guestes pl, from Old French *gueste, from Frankish *wastiju, from Proto-Germanic *wastijō (“garment; dress”).

Cognate with Middle High German wester (“a child's chrisom-cloth”), Middle High German westebarn (“godchild”), Old English wæstling (“a coverlet”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti, “garment; dress”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.təɹ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
  • Homophones: gater, gator

Noun

gaiter (plural gaiters)

  1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep.
    Coordinate term: spats
  2. A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
  3. A neck gaiter.
  4. Part of the ecclesiastical garb of a bishop.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • spat

Verb

gaiter (third-person singular simple present gaiters, present participle gaitering, simple past and past participle gaitered)

  1. To dress with gaiters.

Further reading

  • gaiters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English gaytre, from Old English gāte-trēow (“the common dogwood”), equivalent to gāt (“goat”) +‎ trēow (“tree”).

Noun

gaiter (plural gaiters)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) The dogwood, or a similar shrub.

References

  • “gaiter, n.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “gāte-trēow”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎[1], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • aigret, tirage, triage, trigae

Catalan

Etymology

From gaita +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəjˈte]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ɡajˈteɾ]

Noun

gaiter m (plural gaiters, feminine gaitera)

  1. bagpiper

Further reading

  • “gaiter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old French

Verb

gaiter

  1. Alternative form of gaitier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.


Source: wiktionary.org