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Yes. The word lithe is a Scrabble US word. The word lithe is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1I1T1H4E1

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L1I1T1H4E1

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5-letter words (1 found)

LITHE,

4-letter words (7 found)

ELHI,HEIL,HILT,LITE,LITH,TEIL,TILE,

3-letter words (13 found)

ELT,ETH,HET,HIE,HIT,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,TEL,THE,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (9 found)

EH,EL,ET,HE,HI,IT,LI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from lithe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lithe

lithe

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪð/, (US also) /laɪθ/, (nonstandard) /lɪθ/ (compare lissom)
  • Rhymes: -aɪð

Etymology 1

From Middle English lithe, from Old English līþe (gentle, mild), from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lentos.

Akin to Saterland Frisian lied (thin, skinny, gaunt), Danish, Dutch, and archaic German lind (mild). Some sources also list Latin lenis (soft) and/or Latin lentus (supple) as possible cognates.

Adjective

lithe (comparative lither, superlative lithest)

  1. (obsolete) Mild; calm.
    Synonyms: clement, gentle, mellow
  2. Slim but not skinny.
    Synonyms: lithesome, lissome, swack; see also Thesaurus:slender
  3. Capable of being easily bent; flexible.
    Synonyms: pliant, flexible, limber; see also Thesaurus:flexible
    • 1861, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Elsie Venner, page 125
      … she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace …
  4. Adaptable.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • -inda
  • lind
  • linden
  • Linda
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lithen, from Old English līþian, līþigian, līþegian (to soften, calm, mitigate, assuage, appease, be mild), from Proto-West Germanic *linþijan, from Proto-Germanic *linþijaną (to soften), from Proto-Indo-European *lento- (bendsome, resilient). Cognate with German lindern (to alleviate, ease, relieve).

Verb

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become calm.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make soft or mild; soften; alleviate; mitigate; lessen; smooth; palliate.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lithen, from Old Norse hlýða (to listen), from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną (to listen), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (to hear).

Cognate with Danish lytte (to listen). Related to Old English hlēoþor (noise, sound, voice, song, hearing), Old English hlūd (loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous). More at loud.

Alternative forms

  • lythe

Verb

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.
  2. (transitive) To listen to, hearken to.

Etymology 4

Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.

Noun

lithe (plural lithes)

  1. (Scotland) Shelter.

Etymology 5

From Old English liðan.

Verb

lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)

  1. (archaic, dialect, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire) to thicken (gravy, etc.)
    • 1994, Arnold Kellett, The English Dialect Dictionary, Smith Settle, page 105
      lithe 'to thicken soups, sauces, etc.'

Anagrams

  • Leith, Theil, Thiel, lieth

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lithe

  1. alternative form of light

Etymology 2

Noun

lithe

  1. alternative form of lyth

Source: wiktionary.org