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Is litter a Scrabble word?

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

L1I1T1T1E1R1

Is litter a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1I1T1T1E1R1

Is litter a Words With Friends word?

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

L2I1T1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

LITTER,TILTER,TITLER,

5-letter words (9 found)

LITER,LITRE,RELIT,TETRI,TILER,TITER,TITLE,TITRE,TRITE,

4-letter words (18 found)

LEIR,LIER,LIRE,LITE,RIEL,RILE,RITE,RITT,TEIL,TELT,TIER,TILE,TILT,TIRE,TIRL,TITE,TRET,TRIE,

3-letter words (14 found)

ELT,IRE,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,REI,RET,RIT,TEL,TET,TIE,TIL,TIT,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,ER,ET,IT,LI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from litter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of litter

litter

Etymology

From Middle English lytere, litere, from Anglo-Norman litiere, from Late Latin lectuāria (“bedding”), from Latin lectus (“bed”). Compare French litière.

Had the sense of ‘bed’ in very early English, but then came to mean ‘portable couch’, ‘bedding’, ‘strewn rushes (for animals)’, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪtə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪtɚ/, [ˈlɪɾɚ]
  • Homophone: lidder (US)
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

litter (countable and uncountable, plural litters)

  1. (countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
    Synonyms: palanquin, sedan chair, stretcher, cacolet, lectica
  2. (collective, countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
  3. (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
  4. (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
    Synonyms: waste, rubbish, (US) garbage, (US) trash, junk
  5. (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
  6. (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
  7. A covering of straw for plants.

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Verb

litter (third-person singular simple present litters, present participle littering, simple past and past participle littered)

  1. (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
  2. (transitive) To scatter carelessly about.
  3. (transitive) To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
  4. (transitive) To give birth to, in the manner of animals.
  5. (intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
  6. (transitive) To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
  7. (intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

Derived terms

  • litterer
  • littering

Translations

Anagrams

  • retilt, tilter, titler

Norman

Etymology

From Old French liter, luitier, from Latin luctārī. Compare French lutter.

Verb

litter

  1. (Jersey) to wrestle

Derived terms

  • litteux (“wrestler”)

Source: wiktionary.org