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What does hilt mean? Is hilt a Scrabble word?

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Is hilt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hilt is a Scrabble US word. The word hilt is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

H4I1L1T1

Is hilt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hilt is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

H4I1L1T1

Is hilt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hilt is a Words With Friends word. The word hilt is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3I1L2T1

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4-letter words (2 found)

HILT,LITH,

3-letter words (3 found)

HIT,LIT,TIL,

2-letter words (4 found)

HI,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 9 words from hilt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hilt

hilt ihlt hlit lhit ilht liht hitl ihtl htil thil ithl tihl hlti lhti htli thli lthi tlhi ilth lith itlh tilh ltih tlih

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

Definitions and meaning of hilt

hilt

Etymology

From Middle English hilt, hilte, from Old English hilt, hilte, from Proto-Germanic *heltą, *heltǭ, *heltō, *hiltijō, (compare Old Norse hjalt, Old High German helza, Old Saxon helta), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to strike, cut”) (see holt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

Noun

hilt (plural hilts)

  1. The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
    Synonym: haft
    Holonym: sword
    Meronyms: grip, guard, crossguard, quillons, pommel
  2. The base of the penis.

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Verb

hilt (third-person singular simple present hilts, present participle hilting, simple past and past participle hilted)

  1. (transitive) To provide with a hilt.
  2. (transitive) To insert (a bodily extremity) as far as it can go into a sexual orifice so that it is impeded by the wider base to which it is attached (finger until palm, penis until pelvis).

Anagrams

  • -lith, Lith., lith, lith-

Middle English

Noun

hilt (plural hiltes)

  1. Alternative form of hilte (“hilt”)

Verb

hilt

  1. Alternative form of hiled: past participle of hilen (“to cover”)

Source: wiktionary.org