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Is hermit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hermit is a Scrabble US word. The word hermit is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

H4E1R1M3I1T1

Is hermit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hermit is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4E1R1M3I1T1

Is hermit a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hermit is a Words With Friends word. The word hermit is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1R1M4I1T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

HERMIT,MITHER,

5-letter words (11 found)

ITHER,MEITH,MERIT,MIRTH,MITER,MITRE,REMIT,RHIME,THEIR,THERM,TIMER,

4-letter words (23 found)

EMIR,EMIT,HEIR,HERM,HIRE,ITEM,MERI,METH,MIRE,MITE,RIEM,RIME,RITE,TEHR,TERM,THEM,THIR,TIER,TIME,TIRE,TREM,TRIE,TRIM,

3-letter words (20 found)

ERM,ETH,HEM,HER,HET,HIE,HIM,HIT,IRE,MEH,MET,MIR,REH,REI,REM,RET,RIM,RIT,THE,TIE,

2-letter words (13 found)

EH,EM,ER,ET,HE,HI,HM,IT,ME,MI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 70 words from hermit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hermit

hermit

Alternative forms

  • eremite, heremit, heremite (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “person of the desert”) from ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”), from ἔρημος (érēmos) or ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -ίτης (-ítēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Doublet of eremite. Displaced native Old English ānsetla.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɝmɪt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːmɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt
  • Hyphenation: her‧mit

Noun

hermit (plural hermits)

  1. A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
    Synonyms: anchorite, eremite
  2. A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:recluse
  3. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
  4. A hermit crab.
  5. Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.

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See also

  • monachos
  • monk

Anagrams

  • mither

Source: wiktionary.org