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Yes. The word garth is a Scrabble US word. The word garth is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is garth a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word garth is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

GARTH,

4-letter words (9 found)

ARGH,GART,GATH,GHAT,GRAT,HART,RATH,TAHR,THAR,

3-letter words (10 found)

ART,GAR,GAT,HAG,HAT,RAG,RAH,RAT,TAG,TAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AG,AH,AR,AT,HA,TA,

You can make 26 words from garth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of garth

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Definitions and meaning of garth

garth

Etymology

From Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence English yard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θ
    Homophone: Garth

Noun

garth (plural garths)

  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters
  2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
  3. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England
  4. (Germanic paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith Heathenry.
  5. (Germanic paganism) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
  6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

Related terms

  • fish garth
  • gravegarth

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos; cognate with Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ) and a doublet of yerd.

Alternative forms

  • grath, garthe, gard, garde, gerth

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡarθ/

Noun

garth (plural garthis)

  1. A garth (yard, croft, garden)
  2. (rare) Fencing; a barrier or boundary.
Descendants
  • English: garth
  • Scots: garthe (obsolete)
References
  • “garth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Noun

garth

  1. Alternative form of gerth

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gortos (compare Irish gort), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórts < *gʰórdʰs < *ǵʰortós (“enclosure, yard”) (compare Latin hortus, Old English geard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɨarθ/
  • Rhymes: -arθ

Noun

garth m or f (plural garthau or geirth)

  1. cliff
  2. enclosure

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “garth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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