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Yes. The word loth is a Scrabble US word. The word loth is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

L1O1T1H4

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Yes. The word loth is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

L1O1T1H4

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4-letter words (2 found)

HOLT,LOTH,

3-letter words (3 found)

HOT,LOT,THO,

2-letter words (4 found)

HO,LO,OH,TO,

You can make 9 words from loth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of loth

loth

English

Etymology 1

See loath.

Adjective

loth (comparative lother, superlative lothest)

  1. (British) Alternative form of loath.
Usage notes
  • The spelling loath is about four times as common as loth in Britain, and about fifty times as common in the United States. Loth had more currency in the US in the 19th century, appearing in Webster’s 1828 dictionary, but not the 1913 edition.
  • The word should not be confused with the related verb loathe.
Derived terms
  • lothly
  • lothness

Etymology 2

From German Loth (obsolete), Lot, later also from Dutch lood, both specific usages of the word for ‘lead’. Doublet of lead.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ləʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt

Noun

loth (plural loths)

  1. (now historical) A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce. [from 17th c.]

References

  • “loth”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • HTOL, Holt, holt

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lothe

Etymology

From Old English lāþ (“hateful”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔːθ/

Adjective

loth (comparative lother)

  1. loath (averse, disinclined)
  2. loath (reluctant, unwilling)
  3. hateful, evil, abhorred
    • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:
  4. reluctant

Descendants

  • English: loath, loth
  • ⇒ Yola: lotherwite

References

  • “lōth, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • lath

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lutā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloθ/

Noun

loth f (genitive loithe, nominative plural latha)

  1. mud
  2. swamp, marsh

Inflection

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *luto-, *lutno-, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”), ultimately from *peh₂w- (“smallness”), see also Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), English foal, Albanian pelë (“mare”), Old Armenian ուլ (ul, “kid, fawn”)).

Noun

loth f (genitive singular lotha, plural lothan)

  1. foal
  2. filly

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “loth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN

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