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Is gambit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gambit is a Scrabble US word. The word gambit is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is gambit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gambit is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word gambit is a Words With Friends word. The word gambit is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

GAMBIT,

5-letter words (1 found)

AMBIT,

4-letter words (9 found)

BAIT,BIGA,BIMA,GAIT,GAMB,IAMB,MAGI,TABI,TAIG,

3-letter words (23 found)

AIM,AIT,AMI,BAG,BAM,BAT,BIG,BIT,GAB,GAM,GAT,GIB,GIT,ITA,MAG,MAT,MIB,MIG,TAB,TAG,TAI,TAM,TIG,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AG,AI,AM,AT,BA,BI,GI,IT,MA,MI,TA,TI,

You can make 47 words from gambit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gambit

gambit

Alternative forms

  • gambett (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæmbɪt/
  • Rhymes: -æmbɪt

Noun

gambit (plural gambits)

  1. (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
  2. Any ploy or stratagem.
  3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)

  1. (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

gambit m (plural gambits)

  1. gambit

Descendants

  • → Russian: гамбит (gambit)
    • → Georgian: გამბიტი (gambiṭi)

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gambit, from Italian gambetto, from gamba, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡam.bit/
  • Rhymes: -ambit
  • Syllabification: gam‧bit

Noun

gambit m inan

  1. (chess) gambit (chess move)
  2. gambit (risky move)
    Synonym: ryzyko

Declension

Further reading

  • gambit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gambit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gambit.

Noun

gambit n (plural gambituri)

  1. gambit

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡambit]

Noun

gambit m inan (genitive singular gambitu, nominative plural gambity, genitive plural gambitov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (chess) gambit

Declension

Further reading

  • “gambit”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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