1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Pert in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does pert mean? Is pert a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is pert worth? pert how many points in Words With Friends? What does pert mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for pert

See how to calculate how many points for pert.

Is pert a Scrabble word?

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

P3E1R1T1

Is pert a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3E1R1T1

Is pert a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pert is a Words With Friends word. The word pert is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1R1T1

Our tools

Valid words made from Pert

Results

4-letter words (1 found)

PERT,

3-letter words (5 found)

PER,PET,PRE,REP,RET,

2-letter words (5 found)

ER,ET,PE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from pert according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pert

pert

English

Etymology

From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Adjective

pert (comparative perter, superlative pertest)

  1. (of a person) Attractive.
  2. (of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely. [from 14th c.]
  3. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.]
  4. (archaic) Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent. [from 15th c.]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cheeky
  5. (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden. [14th–17th c.]
  6. (obsolete) Clever.

Derived terms

  • pert as a pearmonger
  • pertly
  • pertness
  • overpert
  • sea-pert

Translations

Verb

pert (third-person singular simple present perts, present participle perting, simple past and past participle perted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

Noun

pert (plural perts)

  1. (obsolete) An impudent person.

References

Anagrams

  • 'terp, -pter, pret., rept-, terp

Hungarian

Etymology

per +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrt]
  • Hyphenation: pert

Noun

pert

  1. accusative singular of per
    pert indít ― to sue

Ladin

Alternative forms

  • part

Etymology

From Latin pars, partem.

Noun

pert f (plural pertes)

  1. part

Related terms

  • partir

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *peret, from Late Latin paraverēdus.

Noun

pert n

  1. horse

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

  • pāert
  • pēert

Descendants

  • Dutch: paard, perd, peerd (dialectal)
    • Afrikaans: perd
      • → Phuthi: ipere
      • → Sotho: pere
    • Jersey Dutch: pêrt, pêrd
    • → English: prad
  • Limburgish: paerd
  • West Flemish: peird

Further reading

  • “pert”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French perte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pæɾt]

Noun

pert (definite accusative perti, plural pertler)

  1. For something to decrease in value.
  2. For damage to be done to something.

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pert (“attractive, smart, bold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrt/

Adjective

pert (feminine singular pert, plural perton, equative perted, comparative pertach, superlative pertaf)

  1. pretty, attractive
  2. quaint

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org