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Is garter a Scrabble word?

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

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Is garter a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2A1R1T1E1R1

Is garter a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word garter is a Words With Friends word. The word garter is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1R1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

GARRET,GARTER,GRATER,

5-letter words (13 found)

ARRET,GARRE,GATER,GRATE,GREAT,RAGER,RATER,REGAR,RETAG,TARGE,TARRE,TERGA,TERRA,

4-letter words (17 found)

AGER,AREG,ARET,GARE,GART,GATE,GEAR,GEAT,GERT,GETA,GRAT,RAGE,RARE,RATE,REAR,TARE,TEAR,

3-letter words (25 found)

AGE,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERG,ERR,ETA,GAE,GAR,GAT,GER,GET,GRR,RAG,RAT,REG,RET,TAE,TAG,TAR,TEA,TEG,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AG,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from garter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of garter

garter

Etymology

From Middle English garter, from Old Northern French gartier, from Old French garet (compare Old French jartier, from jaret), from Gaulish *garrā, from Proto-Celtic *garros (“calf, shank”) (compare Cornish gar, Cornish gar,Middle Welsh garr, Old Irish gairr). Cognate with French jarretière.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

garter (plural garters)

  1. A band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking.
  2. (heraldry) A bendlet.
    Coordinate terms: bendlet, cost, riband

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Translations

Verb

garter (third-person singular simple present garters, present participle gartering, simple past and past participle gartered)

  1. to fasten with a garter

Anagrams

  • Trager, garret, grater

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • gartere, gartier, gertier

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gartier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡartər/, /ɡarˈteːr/

Noun

garter (plural garters)

  1. garter

Descendants

  • English: garter
  • Yola: ghurteare, gurteare

References

  • “garter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org