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Is patter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word patter is a Scrabble US word. The word patter is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

P3A1T1T1E1R1

Is patter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word patter is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

P3A1T1T1E1R1

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Yes. The word patter is a Words With Friends word. The word patter is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4A1T1T1E1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PATTER,

5-letter words (16 found)

APERT,APTER,ARETT,PATER,PATTE,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,PRATT,TAPER,TAPET,TATER,TETRA,TRAPE,TRAPT,TREAT,

4-letter words (25 found)

APER,ARET,ETAT,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERT,PRAT,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAP,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TART,TATE,TEAR,TEAT,TEPA,TRAP,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (26 found)

APE,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,PAR,PAT,PEA,PER,PET,PRE,RAP,RAT,REP,RET,TAE,TAP,TAR,TAT,TEA,TET,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 80 words from patter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of patter

patter

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæt.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæt.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

1610s, pat +‎ -er (“frequentative (indicating repeated action)”), of (onomatopoeia) origin.

Noun

patter (plural patters)

  1. A soft repeated sound, as of rain falling, or feet walking on a hard surface.
    I could hear the patter of mice running about in the dark.
Derived terms
  • pattersome
  • pitter-patter
Translations

Verb

patter (third-person singular simple present patters, present participle pattering, simple past and past participle pattered)

  1. To make irregularly repeated sounds of low-to-moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
    The bullets pattered into the log-cabin walls.
  2. To spatter; to sprinkle.
    • 1819 (published in 1835) Joseph Rodman Drake, s:The Culprit Fay
      Patter the water about the boat.
Derived terms
  • patter flash
Translations

Etymology 2

Circa 1400, from paternoster (“the Lord's prayer”), possibly influenced by imitative sense (above), Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun attested 1758, originally referring to the cant of thieves and beggers.

Noun

patter (countable and uncountable, plural patters)

  1. Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
Derived terms
  • Glasgow patter
  • patter song
Translations

Verb

patter (third-person singular simple present patters, present participle pattering, simple past and past participle pattered)

  1. To speak glibly and rapidly, as does an auctioneer or a sports commentator.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To repeat the Lord's Prayer.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To pray.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To repeat hurriedly; to mutter.
Translations

Etymology 3

pat +‎ -er (“agent”)

Noun

patter (plural patters)

  1. One who pats.

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Anagrams

  • Pratte, p'tater

Danish

Noun

patter

  1. indefinite plural of patte

Verb

patter

  1. present of patte

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

patter m

  1. indefinite plural of patte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • pattar

Noun

patter

  1. indefinite feminine plural of patte

Source: wiktionary.org