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Is linter a Scrabble word?

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

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Is linter a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word linter is a Words With Friends word. The word linter is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

LINTER,

5-letter words (15 found)

ELINT,ENLIT,INERT,INLET,INTEL,INTER,LENTI,LINER,LITER,LITRE,NITER,NITRE,RELIT,TILER,TRINE,

4-letter words (26 found)

LEIR,LENT,LIEN,LIER,LINE,LINT,LIRE,LITE,NIRL,NITE,REIN,RENT,RIEL,RILE,RINE,RITE,TEIL,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TILE,TINE,TIRE,TIRL,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (22 found)

ELT,ERN,IRE,LEI,LET,LIE,LIN,LIT,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,REI,REN,RET,RIN,RIT,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,LI,NE,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 76 words from linter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of linter

linter

Etymology 1

Noun

linter (countable and uncountable, plural linters)

  1. The short fibres that cling to cottonseeds after the first ginning.
  2. (countable) A machine for removing these fibres.
    Synonym: delinter
  3. A person or device that collects lint for use in making hats etc.
See also
  • lint doctor
  • lint roller

Etymology 2

lint +‎ -er

Noun

linter (plural linters)

  1. (computing) A program or algorithm that performs linting.
    Coordinate term: sanitizer

Latin

Etymology

From older form lunter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to wash”); more at pluit (“it rains”). Cf. also Ancient Greek πλυντήρ (pluntḗr).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlʲɪn̪t̪ɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ter/, [ˈlin̪t̪er]

Noun

linter f or m (genitive lintris); third declension

  1. tank, tub, trough, vat, washtub
  2. small, lightweight boat, skiff, canoe, wherry

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

  • The genitive plural is sometimes found as lintrum.

Descendants

  • Albanian: ljundrë
  • Aromanian: luntri, lãndurã
  • Dalmatian: lundro
  • Romanian: luntre

References

  • “linter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “linter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • linter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “linter”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Source: wiktionary.org