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Is latter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word latter is a Scrabble US word. The word latter is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is latter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word latter is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1A1T1T1E1R1

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

LATTER,RATTLE,TATLER,

5-letter words (11 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARETT,ARTEL,LATER,LATTE,RATEL,TALER,TATER,TETRA,TREAT,

4-letter words (24 found)

ARET,ARLE,EARL,ETAT,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAR,LEAT,RALE,RATE,REAL,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TART,TATE,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TELA,TELT,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from latter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of latter

latter

Etymology

From Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Doublet of later; also, cognate with last, whose doublet is latest.

Pronunciation

  • (non-rhotic) enPR: lăt'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlæt.əɹ/, [ˈlæɾ.ɚ]
  • Homophone: ladder (in accents with flapping)
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Adjective

latter (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or being the second of two items.
  2. Near (or nearer) to the end.
  3. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.

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Translations

Anagrams

  • Tatler, rattle

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlátr, from Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz (“laughter”), cognate with Norwegian lått, English laughter and German Gelächter. Derived from the verb *hlahjaną (“to laugh”), cf. Danish le, English laugh, German lachen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlad̥ɐ]

Noun

latter c (singular definite latteren, not used in plural form)

  1. laughter

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Verb

latter

  1. to lath

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “latter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

latter

  1. (Jersey) to beat, spank, cane

Synonyms

  • (to cane): codrer, donner la tchêne, vrédîndgi, vrier

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hlátr.

Noun

latter m (definite singular latteren) (uncountable)

  1. laughter
  2. laugh
    en god latter ― a good laugh

Synonyms

  • lått (Nynorsk also)

Derived terms

References

  • “latter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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