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Is gauntlet a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gauntlet a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2A1U1N1T1L1E1T1

Is gauntlet a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gauntlet is a Words With Friends word. The word gauntlet is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3A1U2N2T1L2E1T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

GAUNTLET,

7-letter words (3 found)

GANTLET,LANGUET,TUTENAG,

6-letter words (20 found)

ATTUNE,ELUANT,ENGLUT,GELANT,GLUTEN,GUTTAE,GUTTLE,LAGUNE,LANGUE,LATENT,LATTEN,LEGUAN,LUNATE,LUTTEN,NUTATE,NUTLET,TALENT,TANGLE,TAUTEN,TEGULA,

5-letter words (26 found)

AGENT,AGLET,ANGEL,ANGLE,GALUT,GAULT,GAUNT,GENAL,GENUA,GLEAN,GLENT,GLUTE,GULET,GUTTA,LATEN,LATTE,LEANT,LUNET,LUNGE,LUTEA,NUGAE,TAUNT,TEGUA,ULNAE,UNGET,UNLET,

4-letter words (69 found)

AGEN,AGLU,AGUE,ANTE,AUNE,AUNT,EGAL,ELAN,ETAT,ETNA,GAEN,GALE,GANE,GANT,GATE,GAUN,GEAL,GEAN,GEAT,GELT,GENA,GENT,GENU,GETA,GLEN,GLUE,GLUT,GNAT,GUAN,GULA,GULE,LANE,LANG,LANT,LATE,LATU,LEAN,LEAT,LENG,LENT,LUGE,LUNA,LUNE,LUNG,LUNT,LUTE,NEAL,NEAT,NETT,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TANG,TATE,TATU,TAUT,TEAL,TEAT,TEGU,TELA,TELT,TENT,TUAN,TULE,TUNA,TUNE,TUNG,ULAN,ULNA,

3-letter words (59 found)

AGE,ALE,ALT,ALU,ANE,ANT,ATE,ATT,AUE,EAN,EAT,EAU,ELT,ENG,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAT,GAU,GEL,GEN,GET,GNU,GUE,GUL,GUN,GUT,LAG,LAT,LEA,LEG,LET,LEU,LUG,LUN,NAE,NAG,NAT,NEG,NET,NUG,NUT,TAE,TAG,TAN,TAT,TAU,TEA,TEG,TEL,TEN,TET,TUG,TUN,TUT,ULE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AG,AL,AN,AT,EA,EL,EN,ET,GU,LA,NA,NE,NU,TA,TE,UG,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 198 words from gauntlet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gauntlet

gauntlet

Alternative forms

  • gantlet

Etymology 1

From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”), a borrowing from Frankish *want (“glove; mitten”) and reinforced by Medieval Latin wantus (“glove”) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove; mitten”). Cognate with Dutch want (“mitten; shroud”), German Low German Want (“shroud”), Danish vante (“mitten”), Swedish vante (“glove; mitten”), Faroese vøttur (“glove; mitten”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gônt’lət, IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːnt.lət/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

  1. Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
    Coordinate term: manifer
  2. A long glove covering the wrist.
  3. (nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
  4. (medicine) An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
Derived terms
  • take up the gauntlet
  • throw down the gauntlet
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See also

  • Gauntlet (glove) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”)

Noun

gauntlet (plural gauntlets)

  1. (archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.
  2. A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
  3. (figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
  4. (rail transport) Overlapping parallel rail tracks; either to allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching, or to allow vehicles of a larger gauge to pass through a station without hitting the platforms.
Derived terms
  • gauntleted
  • running the gauntlet (having to run between rows of attackers as a punishment)
  • run the gauntlet (submit to a series of difficult tests)
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Source: wiktionary.org