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Is letter a Scrabble word?

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

L1E1T1T1E1R1

Is letter a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1E1T1T1E1R1

Is letter a Words With Friends word?

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

L2E1T1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (2 found)

LETTER,LETTRE,

5-letter words (2 found)

ETTLE,RELET,

4-letter words (12 found)

LEER,LEET,LERE,REEL,RETE,TEEL,TEER,TELE,TELT,TETE,TREE,TRET,

3-letter words (10 found)

EEL,ELT,ERE,LEE,LET,REE,RET,TEE,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,ER,ET,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from letter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of letter

letter

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛtɚ/, [-ɾɚ]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈletə/, [-ɾə(ɹ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: let‧ter

Etymology 1

From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Related to diphtheria. Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2.

Alternative forms

  • lettre (obsolete)

Noun

letter (plural letters)

  1. A symbol in an alphabet.
  2. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
  3. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
  4. (in the plural) Literature.
  5. (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
    Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
  6. (US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).
  7. (Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.
  8. (US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.
  9. (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
Synonyms
  • (written character/alphabetic symbol): bookstaff/bookstave
Hyponyms
  • epistle
  • missive
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Verb

letter (third-person singular simple present letters, present participle lettering, simple past and past participle lettered)

  1. (transitive) To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
  2. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English letere, equivalent to let +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

  • lettor

Noun

letter (plural letters)

  1. One who lets, or lets out.
  2. (archaic) One who retards or hinders.
Derived terms
  • bloodletter
Translations

Further reading

  • letter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • letter (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “letter”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “letter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • lettre, tetrel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch letter, from Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.tər/

Noun

letter (plural letters, diminutive lettertjie)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)

Derived terms

  • hoofletter
  • letterkunde

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lettere, from Old French lettre, from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.tər/
  • Hyphenation: let‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛtər

Noun

letter f (plural letters, diminutive lettertje n)

  1. letter (letter of the alphabet)
  2. (obsolete) letter (written message)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: letter
  • Negerhollands: letter
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lèter
  • → Indonesian: leter
  • → Japanese: レッテル (retteru)
  • → Papiamentu: lèter, lèterchi, letter
  • → Saramaccan: letè

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Verb

letter

  1. present of lette

Etymology 2

Noun

letter m

  1. indefinite plural of lett (non-standard since 2005)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

letter m

  1. indefinite plural of lett (non-standard since 2012)

Swedish

Noun

letter

  1. indefinite plural of lett

Source: wiktionary.org