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Is kith a Scrabble word?

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

K5I1T1H4

Is kith a Scrabble UK word?

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

K5I1T1H4

Is kith a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word kith is a Words With Friends word. The word kith is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

K5I1T1H3

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4-letter words (1 found)

KITH,

3-letter words (4 found)

HIT,KHI,KIT,TIK,

2-letter words (4 found)

HI,IT,KI,TI,

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

All 4 letters words made out of kith

kith ikth ktih tkih itkh tikh kiht ikht khit hkit ihkt hikt kthi tkhi khti hkti thki htki ithk tihk ihtk hitk thik htik

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

Definitions and meaning of kith

kith

Etymology

From Middle English kith (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪθ

Noun

kith (usually uncountable, plural kiths)

  1. (archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, rustic, countable) An acquaintance or a friend.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:friend or Thesaurus:acquaintance

Derived terms

  • kith and kin
  • kith and kine
  • kithfolk
  • kithless

Translations

See also

  • kin
  • kinfolk

References

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of kic (“I bite”).

Noun

kith m

  1. veil of mystery
  2. fog covering the tops of mountains

Related terms

  • kic

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • (Early ME) cyððe, cuððe, cuþþe, kuþþe
  • kyth, kiþ, kiþþe, kythe, kuythe, kiththe, kyþe

Etymology

From Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu, from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiθ/, /ˈkið(ə)/, /kuθ/, /ˈkuð(ə)/

Noun

kith (plural kithes)

  1. One's motherland or birthplace; the region or territory where one belongs
  2. One's kin, ethnicity, or lineage; the people one belongs to.
  3. One's descendant; a person from one's line.
  4. Relation; connection by blood, heritage.
  5. (rare) learning, facts
  6. (rare) tradition, good manners.
  7. (rare) The state of knowing someone.

Descendants

  • English: kith
  • Scots: kith, kyth, kythe

References

  • “kitthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-22.

Source: wiktionary.org