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

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6-letter words (3 found)

HALTER,LATHER,THALER,

5-letter words (15 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARTEL,EARTH,ETHAL,HALER,HATER,HEART,LATER,LATHE,RATEL,RATHE,TALER,THALE,THRAE,

4-letter words (37 found)

ARET,ARLE,EARL,EATH,HAET,HALE,HALT,HARE,HARL,HART,HATE,HEAL,HEAR,HEAT,HERL,LAER,LARE,LATE,LATH,LEAR,LEAT,LEHR,RALE,RATE,RATH,REAL,RHEA,TAEL,TAHR,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TEHR,TELA,THAE,THAR,

3-letter words (29 found)

ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,LAH,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAH,RAT,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEL,THE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AL,AR,AT,EA,EH,EL,ER,ET,HA,HE,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 101 words from halter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of halter

halter

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɔltɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒltə/, /ˈhɔːltə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ), -ɒltə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English halter, helter, helfter, from Old English hælfter, hælftre (“halter”), from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā (“harness”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), equivalent to half- +‎ -ter. Cognate with Scots helter (“halter”), Dutch halfter, halster (“halter”), Low German halfter, helchter, halter (“halter”), German Halfter (“halter, holster”).

Alternative forms

  • helter (obsolete, Northern England)

Noun

halter (plural halters)

  1. A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
  2. A rope with a noose, for hanging criminals; the gallows rope.
  3. A halter top.
Synonyms
  • headstall
  • headpiece
  • headcollar (British)
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

halter (third-person singular simple present halters, present participle haltering, simple past and past participle haltered)

  1. (transitive) To place a halter on.
    What do you mean, you didn't halter the horses when we stopped for the night?

Etymology 2

halt +‎ -er

Noun

halter (plural halters)

  1. One who halts or limps; a cripple.

Etymology 3

Noun

halter (plural halteres)

  1. Alternative form of haltere

Anagrams

  • Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, lather, rathel, thaler

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈte]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [alˈteɾ]

Noun

halter m (plural halters)

  1. dumbbell

Further reading

  • “halter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French haltère or directly from Latin haltēres, from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑl.tər/
  • Hyphenation: hal‧ter

Noun

halter m (plural halters, diminutive haltertje n)

  1. A dumbbell or barbell.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • helter, heltre, heltere, helfter, heltyr, haltre, haltur, heltrer

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hælftre, hælfter, from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaltər/, /ˈhɛltər/, /ˈhaltrə/

Noun

halter (plural haltres)

  1. A halter; horse headgear lacking a bit.
  2. (rare) A rope tied in a noose for hanging.
  3. (rare) The binding contract of marriage.

Descendants

  • English: halter
  • Scots: helter, heltir, hilter

References

  • “halter, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-06.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

halter

  1. present tense of halte

Portuguese

Noun

halter m (plural halteres)

  1. Alternative form of haltere

Swedish

Noun

halter

  1. indefinite plural of halt

Source: wiktionary.org