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Is gyte a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gyte is a Scrabble US word. The word gyte is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is gyte a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gyte is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

G2Y4T1E1

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4-letter words (1 found)

GYTE,

3-letter words (6 found)

GET,GEY,TEG,TYE,TYG,YET,

2-letter words (3 found)

ET,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 11 words from gyte according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gyte

gyte ygte gtye tgye ytge tyge gyet yget geyt egyt yegt eygt gtey tgey gety egty tegy etgy yteg tyeg yetg eytg teyg etyg

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

Definitions and meaning of gyte

gyte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gjóta.

Verb

gyte (imperative gyt, present tense gyter, passive gytes, simple past gjøt or gytte, past participle gytt, present participle gytende)

  1. to spawn (of fish)

References

  • “gyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • gjota, gjote, gyta

Etymology

From Old Norse gjóta, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną.

Verb

gyte (present tense gyter or gyt, past tense gytte or gaut, past participle gytt or gote, passive infinitive gytast, present participle gytande, imperative gyt)

  1. (of fish) to spawn

References

  • “gyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *guti, from Proto-Germanic *gutiz (“gush, outflow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Old Frisian gete, Old High German guz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡy.te/

Noun

gyte m

  1. pouring
  2. shedding (of blood, sweat, tears)
  3. inundation, flood

Inflection

Derived terms

  • blōdgyte

Related terms

  • ġēotan
  • gutt

Descendants

  • Middle English: gute, gyte, gite

Scots

Alternative forms

  • gite, geit, geyt, gaet
  • geite (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown. Also found in Northern English dialects. In the "boy" sense, possibly from get (“offspring”).

Adjective

gyte

  1. crazy or mad; delirious; out of one's senses
  2. foolish; demented

Noun

gyte (plural gytes)

  1. A madman; fool
  2. A first-year boy at the Royal High School, Edinburgh or Edinburgh Academy.

References

  • Chamber's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1952

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