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Is girth a Scrabble word?

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

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Is girth a Scrabble UK word?

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

G2I1R1T1H4

Is girth a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word girth is a Words With Friends word. The word girth is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

GIRTH,GRITH,RIGHT,

4-letter words (5 found)

GIRT,GRIT,THIG,THIR,TRIG,

3-letter words (6 found)

GHI,GIT,HIT,RIG,RIT,TIG,

2-letter words (4 found)

GI,HI,IT,TI,

You can make 18 words from girth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of girth

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

Definitions and meaning of girth

girth

Etymology

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɜːθ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɝθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ

Noun

girth (countable and uncountable, plural girths)

  1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
  2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
  3. (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
  4. A small horizontal brace or girder.
  5. The distance measured around an object.
  6. (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

Synonyms

  • circumference
  • cinch

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Translations

Verb

girth (third-person singular simple present girths, present participle girthing, simple past and past participle girthed)

  1. To bind as if with a girth or band.

Anagrams

  • grith, right

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

girth

  1. Alternative form of grith

Etymology 2

Noun

girth

  1. Alternative form of gerth

Source: wiktionary.org