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Is jetty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jetty is a Scrabble US word. The word jetty is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

J8E1T1T1Y4

Is jetty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jetty is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

J8E1T1T1Y4

Is jetty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word jetty is a Words With Friends word. The word jetty is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

J10E1T1T1Y3

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5-letter words (1 found)

JETTY,

4-letter words (2 found)

TYTE,YETT,

3-letter words (4 found)

JET,TET,TYE,YET,

2-letter words (3 found)

ET,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of jetty

jetty

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛti

Etymology 1

From Middle English gete, getee, gettee, jette, jetty, jety, from Middle French jeté, geté (“pier, jetty, causeway”) (modern French jetée), from the past participle of jeter. Compare jet, jutty.

Noun

jetty (plural jetties)

  2. A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
    Synonyms: breakwater, mole
  4. A dock or wharf extending from the shore; a pier.
    Synonym: pier
  6. (architecture) A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
Alternative forms
  • jettee (obsolete)
Hypernyms
  • (pier): wharf, dock
Coordinate terms
  • (pier): quay, levee
Translations

Verb

jetty (third-person singular simple present jetties, present participle jettying, simple past and past participle jettied)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To jut out; to project.

Etymology 2

From jet +‎ -y.

Adjective

jetty (comparative jettier, superlative jettiest)

  1. (archaic) Made of jet, or like jet in color.
Derived terms
  • jettiness
Translations

References

  • “jetty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “jetty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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