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Is permit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word permit is a Scrabble US word. The word permit is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is permit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word permit is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3E1R1M3I1T1

Is permit a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

PERMIT,

5-letter words (11 found)

MERIT,MITER,MITRE,MPRET,PETRI,PIERT,PRIME,REMIT,TEMPI,TIMER,TRIPE,

4-letter words (28 found)

EMIR,EMIT,EMPT,ITEM,MERI,MIRE,MITE,PERI,PERM,PERT,PIER,PIET,PREM,PRIM,RIEM,RIME,RIPE,RIPT,RITE,TEMP,TERM,TIER,TIME,TIRE,TREM,TRIE,TRIM,TRIP,

3-letter words (20 found)

ERM,IMP,IRE,MET,MIR,PER,PET,PIE,PIR,PIT,PRE,REI,REM,REP,RET,RIM,RIP,RIT,TIE,TIP,

2-letter words (11 found)

EM,ER,ET,IT,ME,MI,PE,PI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 72 words from permit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of permit

permit

Etymology 1

From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).

Pronunciation

  • (most verb senses):
    (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈmɪt/
    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈmɪt/
    Rhymes: -ɪt
  • (noun, denominal verb senses):
    (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝmɪt/
    (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːmɪt/
    Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt

Verb

permit (third-person singular simple present permits, present participle permitting, simple past and past participle permitted)

  1. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
  2. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. [from 15th c.]
  3. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible. [from 16th c.]
  4. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of). [from 18th c.]
    • per
  5. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
  6. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
  7. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone). [from 15th c.]
Usage notes
  • This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
  • permit nature to take her course
Translations

Noun

permit (plural permits)

  1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal. [from 17th c.]
    1. A learner's permit.
  2. (obsolete) Formal permission. [16th–19th c.]
Derived terms
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Related terms

  • permission
  • mission

Etymology 2

An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝmɪt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːmɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt

Noun

permit (plural permit)

  1. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
See also
  • Permit (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Trachinotus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • premit

French

Pronunciation

Verb

permit

  1. third-person singular past historic of permettre

Source: wiktionary.org