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Is girt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word girt is a Scrabble US word. The word girt is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is girt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word girt is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Is girt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word girt is a Words With Friends word. The word girt is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

GIRT,GRIT,TRIG,

3-letter words (4 found)

GIT,RIG,RIT,TIG,

2-letter words (3 found)

GI,IT,TI,

You can make 10 words from girt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of girt

girt igrt grit rgit irgt rigt gitr igtr gtir tgir itgr tigr grti rgti gtri tgri rtgi trgi irtg ritg itrg tirg rtig trig

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word girt. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in girt.

Definitions and meaning of girt

girt

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɜːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Etymology 1

Alteration of girth (“belt, circumference, brace”).

Noun

girt (plural girts)

  1. A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
Related terms
  • girder

Etymology 2

From Middle English girten (“gird, encircle”).

Verb

girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)

  1. To gird.
  2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  3. To measure the girth of.

Etymology 3

Verb

girt

  1. simple past and past participle of gird

Adjective

girt (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

Verb

girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)

  1. (nautical) to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

Etymology 4

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.

Adjective

girt (not comparable)

  1. (UK, rural dialect) Alternative spelling of gurt in the sense 'great'.

Anagrams

  • Grit, grit, trig

Source: wiktionary.org