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Is garrote a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word garrote is a Scrabble US word. The word garrote is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is garrote a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word garrote is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

GARROTE,

6-letter words (7 found)

GAROTE,GARRET,GARROT,GARTER,GRATER,ORGEAT,TOERAG,

5-letter words (24 found)

ARGOT,ARRET,ERGOT,GARRE,GATER,GATOR,GRATE,GREAT,GROAT,OATER,ORATE,RAGER,RATER,REGAR,REORG,RETAG,RETRO,ROATE,ROGER,TARGE,TARRE,TERGA,TERRA,TOGAE,

4-letter words (42 found)

AERO,AGER,AGRO,AREG,ARET,ERGO,GARE,GART,GATE,GEAR,GEAT,GERT,GETA,GOAT,GOER,GORA,GORE,GRAT,GROT,OGRE,ORRA,RAGE,RARE,RATE,RATO,REAR,REGO,ROAR,RORE,RORT,ROTA,ROTE,TARE,TARO,TEAR,TOEA,TOGA,TOGE,TORA,TORE,TORR,TROG,

3-letter words (45 found)

AGE,AGO,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,EGO,ERA,ERG,ERR,ETA,GAE,GAR,GAT,GEO,GER,GET,GOA,GOE,GOR,GOT,GRR,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORE,ORG,ORT,RAG,RAT,REG,REO,RET,ROE,ROT,TAE,TAG,TAO,TAR,TEA,TEG,TOE,TOG,TOR,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,GO,OE,OR,RE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 134 words from garrote according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of garrote

garrote

Alternative forms

  • garrotte (UK)
  • garotte

Etymology

From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈɹɒt/, /ɡəˈɹoʊt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt, -əʊt

Noun

garrote (plural garrotes)

  1. (historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
  2. Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation.

Translations

Verb

garrote (third-person singular simple present garrotes, present participle garroting, simple past and past participle garroted)

  1. (transitive) To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote.
  2. (transitive) To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.

See also

  • garrot

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Old French garrot, itself either from Old Occitan garra (“leg”) and the suffix -ot, from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”), or from a Germanic source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈrɔte̝/

Noun

garrote m (plural garrotes)

  1. garrot used to limit the movement of an animal
  2. bolt or garrot which affixes each wheel to the axletree of a traditional Galician cart
    Synonyms: gorrón, torno
  3. (archaic) press
    • 1357, Enrique Cal Pardo (ed.), "De Viveiro en la Edad Media", Estudios Mindonienses, 7, page 139:

Related terms

  • xarrete

References

  • “garrote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “garrote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “garrote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “garrote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Noun

garrote f

  1. plural of garrota

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gar‧ro‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

garrote m (plural garrotes)

  1. (historical) an iron necklace used for execution in Spain and Portugal
  2. (medicine) bandage used to compress a limb and prevent bleeding
    Synonyms: torniquete, atadura
  3. withers (part of a quadruped's body between the shoulder and the neck)
    Synonym: cernelha
  4. needle
    Synonym: agulha
  5. (figuratively) angst
    Synonyms: angústia, aflição
  6. (Brazil) a calf between two and four years old
Derived terms
  • garrotar
  • garrotear

Etymology 2

Verb

garrote

  1. inflection of garrotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “garrote” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garrot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈrote/ [ɡaˈro.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: ga‧rro‧te

Noun

garrote m (plural garrotes)

  1. garrote (something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation)
  2. club, cudgel
  3. torniquet
    Synonym: torniquete
  4. (drawing) line break, gap
  5. (construction) bulge

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: caroti

Further reading

  • “garrote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org