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Is length a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word length is a Scrabble US word. The word length is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

L1E1N1G2T1H4

Is length a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word length is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

L1E1N1G2T1H4

Is length a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word length is a Words With Friends word. The word length is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1N2G3T1H3

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6-letter words (1 found)

LENGTH,

5-letter words (2 found)

GLENT,THEGN,

4-letter words (7 found)

GELT,GENT,GLEN,HENT,LENG,LENT,THEN,

3-letter words (17 found)

ELT,ENG,ETH,GEL,GEN,GET,HEN,HET,LEG,LET,NEG,NET,NTH,TEG,TEL,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EH,EL,EN,ET,HE,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from length according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of length

length

Etymology

From Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþ, lengþu, from Proto-West Germanic *langiþu, from Proto-Germanic *langiþō, equivalent to long +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots lenth, lainth (“length”), Saterland Frisian Loangte (“length”), West Frisian lingte, langte (“length”), Dutch lengte (“length”), German Low German Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt (“length”), Danish længde (“length”), Swedish längd (“length”), Icelandic lengd (“length”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: lĕng(k)th, lĕn(t)th, IPA(key): /lɛŋ(k)θ/, /lɛn(t)θ/, /leɪn(t)θ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkθ, -ɛŋθ, -ɛntθ, -ɛnθ

Noun

length (countable and uncountable, plural lengths)

  1. The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
  2. duration.
  3. (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
  4. (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
  5. (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
  6. (figuratively) Total extent.
  7. Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
  8. (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
  9. (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.

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Verb

length (third-person singular simple present lengths, present participle lengthing, simple past and past participle lengthed)

  1. (obsolete) To lengthen.
    • XIV. 30:

Source: wiktionary.org