How many points in Scrabble is lithe worth? lithe how many points in Words With Friends? What does lithe mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is lithe a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word lithe is a Scrabble US word. The word lithe is worth 8 points in Scrabble:
L1I1T1H4E1
Is lithe a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word lithe is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:
L1I1T1H4E1
Is lithe a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word lithe is a Words With Friends word. The word lithe is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
L2I1T1H3E1
You can make 31 words from lithe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
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.
lithe (comparative lither, superlative lithest)
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”).
lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)
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.
lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)
Uncertain; perhaps an alteration of lewth.
lithe (plural lithes)
From Old English liðan.
lithe (third-person singular simple present lithes, present participle lithing, simple past and past participle lithed)
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