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Is patu a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (3 found)

PATU,TAPU,UPTA,

3-letter words (7 found)

APT,PAT,PUT,TAP,TAU,TUP,UTA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AT,PA,TA,UP,UT,

You can make 15 words from patu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of patu

patu aptu ptau tpau atpu tapu paut aput puat upat aupt uapt ptua tpua puta upta tupa utpa atup taup autp uatp tuap utap

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Definitions and meaning of patu

patu

Etymology

From Maori patu (“beating, hitting; a club, a weapon”).

Noun

patu (plural patus)

  1. A Maori club or pounder.

Anagrams

  • APTU, Tupa, UATP, puta, tapu

Asturian

Noun

patu m (plural patos)

  1. duck

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpatu]

Etymology 1

Noun

patu

  1. accusative singular of pata

Etymology 2

Noun

patu

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of pat

Estonian

Noun

patu

  1. genitive singular of patt

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly a back-formation from patukka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑtu/, [ˈpɑ̝t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtu
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧tu

Noun

patu (colloquial)

  1. old hand

Declension

References

Further reading

  • “patu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • tupa

Kambera

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

patu

  1. four

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpatu/

Noun

patu

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of pata

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *patu (“to strike”).

Verb

patu

  1. to strike, to beat, to kill

Noun

patu

  1. beating, assault, killing
  2. weapon, club

Derived terms

  • patu ngaro (“flyswatter”)

Mapudungun

Noun

patu (Raguileo spelling)

  1. duck

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.tu/
  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Syllabification: pa‧tu

Noun

patu

  1. genitive singular of pat

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pato.

Noun

patu

  1. duck

Source: wiktionary.org