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Is paltry a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word paltry is a Scrabble US word. The word paltry is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is paltry a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word paltry is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3A1L1T1R1Y4

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Yes. The word paltry is a Words With Friends word. The word paltry is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

PALTRY,PARTLY,RAPTLY,

5-letter words (10 found)

APTLY,LYART,PARLY,PARTY,PATLY,PLATY,PRATY,PYRAL,TYPAL,YRAPT,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARTY,ARYL,LYRA,PALY,PART,PATY,PLAT,PLAY,PRAT,PRAY,PYAT,RAPT,RYAL,TARP,TRAP,TRAY,TRYP,

3-letter words (26 found)

ALP,ALT,APT,ART,ARY,LAP,LAR,LAT,LAY,PAL,PAR,PAT,PAY,PLY,PRY,PYA,RAP,RAT,RAY,RYA,TAP,TAR,TAY,TRY,YAP,YAR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AL,AR,AT,AY,LA,PA,TA,YA,

You can make 64 words from paltry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of paltry

paltry

Alternative forms

  • paultry, paultrie, palterey (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), see also Proto-Slavic *poltьno (“linen”).

Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly.

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑltɹi/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒltɹi/, /ˈpɔːltɹi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɔltɹi/, /ˈpɑltɹi/
  • Homophone: poultry (UK)

Adjective

paltry (comparative paltrier, superlative paltriest)

  1. Trashy, trivial, of little value.
    Synonyms: insignificant, unimportant, petty, trivial
  2. Of little monetary worth.
    Synonyms: meager, worthless, pitiful, trifling
  3. Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.

Derived terms

  • paltriness

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References

  • Weijnen, A.A. (2003) Etymologisch dialectwoordenboek‎[2] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN

Anagrams

  • partly, raptly

Source: wiktionary.org