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Is kent a Scrabble word?

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

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Is kent a Scrabble UK word?

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

K5E1N1T1

Is kent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word kent is a Words With Friends word. The word kent is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

KENT,

3-letter words (5 found)

KEN,KET,NEK,NET,TEN,

2-letter words (4 found)

EN,ET,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of kent

kent eknt knet nket enkt nekt ketn ektn kten tken etkn tekn knte nkte ktne tkne ntke tnke entk netk etnk tenk ntek tnek

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Definitions and meaning of kent

kent

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

Verb

kent

  1. simple past and past participle of ken
Derived terms
  • eath-kent

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of the verb cant.

Noun

kent (plural kents)

  1. (Scotland) A shepherd's staff.
  2. (Scotland) A pole or pike.

Verb

kent (third-person singular simple present kents, present participle kenting, simple past and past participle kented)

  1. (Scotland) To propel (a boat) using a pole.

Anagrams

  • tekn-

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

kent

  1. inflection of kennen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

  • nekt

Hungarian

Etymology

ken +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛnt]

Verb

kent

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of ken
    Vajat kent a pirítósra. ― S/he spread butter on the toast.

Participle

kent

  1. past participle of ken

Declension

Middle Dutch

Verb

kent

  1. inflection of kennen:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    3. plural imperative

Scots

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛnt], [kent]

Verb

kent

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ken

Adjective

kent (comparative mair kent, superlative maist kent)

  1. known

Derived terms

  • ert-kent

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɛnt]

Noun

kent (plural kents)

  1. shepherd's staff

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كنت (kent, “village, town, city”), from older كند (kend), from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kand, “city”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (kend, “city, settlement”). Possibly cognate with Northern Kurdish gund (“village”). Most likely not related to Finnish kenttä (“field”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cænt/

Noun

kent (definite accusative kenti, plural kentler)

  1. (countable) city
    Bu kentten bıktım. ― I am sick of this city.

Declension

Synonyms

  • şehir

Derived terms

See also

  • köy
  • kasaba

References

Weri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛnt/

Noun

kent

  1. wind

References

  • Maurice Boxwell, Weri Organised Phonology Data (1992), p. 2

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