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

M3I1T1E1

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

M3I1T1E1

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4-letter words (4 found)

EMIT,ITEM,MITE,TIME,

3-letter words (2 found)

MET,TIE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EM,ET,IT,ME,MI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from mite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mite

mite

English

Etymology

From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: mīt, IPA(key): /maɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophone: might

Noun

mite (plural mites)

  1. Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
  2. A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
  3. A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
  4. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
  5. (sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
    Synonyms: atom, speck; see also Thesaurus:modicum
    a mite
  6. (colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
    Synonyms: rogue, scamp; see also Thesaurus:troublemaker

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

mite

  1. Eye dialect spelling of might.

Anagrams

  • item, METI, Item, EMT-I, it me, time, emit, -time

Au

Noun

mite

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mythos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmi.te]

Noun

mite m (plural mites)

  1. myth

Related terms

  • mític
  • mitologia

Further reading

  • “mite”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”).

Akin to Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), Old High German mīza (“mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mit/

Noun

mite f (plural mites)

  1. mite (arachnid)
  2. moth, particularly one whose larva destroys something stored by humans

Derived terms

  • antimite
  • boule à mites

Related terms

  • acarien m
  • chenille f
  • papillon m
  • teigne f (“clothes moth”)
  • pyrale f (“meal moth”)

Verb

mite

  1. inflection of miter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “mite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • émit, émît

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mītem (“mild, mature”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: mì‧te

Adjective

mite (plural miti)

  1. mild
  2. moderate (price)
  3. balmy, mild (climate)
  4. meek (animal)

Derived terms

  • mitemente

Further reading

  • mite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • item, temi

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.tɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.t̪e]

Adjective

mīte

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mītis

References

  • “mite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mitte (“kind of insect which gnaws on cloth or cheese”), from Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”).

Noun

mite f (plural mites)

  1. (Jersey) mite

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”).

Noun

mīte f

  1. a mite, small insect

Descendants

  • Middle English: mite
    • English: mite

References

  • Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “míte”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Portuguese

Verb

mite

  1. inflection of mitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Volapük

Noun

mite

  1. dative singular of mit

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