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Is rath a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rath is a Scrabble US word. The word rath is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

R1A1T1H4

Is rath a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rath is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

R1A1T1H4

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Yes. The word rath is a Words With Friends word. The word rath is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (4 found)

HART,RATH,TAHR,THAR,

3-letter words (5 found)

ART,HAT,RAH,RAT,TAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AR,AT,HA,TA,

You can make 14 words from rath according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of rath

rath arth rtah trah atrh tarh raht arht rhat hrat ahrt hart rtha trha rhta hrta thra htra athr tahr ahtr hatr thar htar

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word rath. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in rath.

Definitions and meaning of rath

rath

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɑːθ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹæθ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːθ, Rhymes: -æθ
  • Homophone: wrath (some dialects)

Noun

rath (plural raths)

  1. (historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
Related terms
  • Rathmines
Translations

Etymology 2

From Hindi रथ (rath), from Sanskrit रथ (ratha).

Noun

rath (plural raths)

  1. A Burmese carriage of state.

Etymology 3

Adjective

rath (comparative more rath, superlative most rath)

  1. Alternative form of rathe.

Anagrams

  • Arth, HART, Hart, Thar, hart, tahr, thar

Cornish

Noun

rath f (plural rathes)

  1. rat

Synonyms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) logojen vroas

German

Verb

rath

  1. singular imperative of rathen

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”), from the root of *ɸarnati (“bestow”) (whence Old Irish ernaid, from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“bestow, give”) (whence also Sanskrit पृणाक्ति (pṛṇā́kti, “grant, bestow”), Latin parō (“prepare”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɾˠɑh/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ɾˠa/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɾˠah/

Noun

rath m (genitive singular ratha)

  1. (literary) bestowal, grant; grace, favour; gift, bounty
  2. prosperity
  3. abundance
  4. usefulness, good

Declension

Derived terms

  • anrath (“ill-luck”)

References

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “raṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 560
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “rath” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • rað

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raþ, from Proto-Germanic *raþą (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɑθ/

Noun

rath n

  1. wheel

Declension



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