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Is ratten a Scrabble word?

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

R1A1T1T1E1N1

Is ratten a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1A1T1T1E1N1

Is ratten a Words With Friends word?

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

R1A1T1T1E1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

NATTER,RATTEN,

5-letter words (7 found)

ANTRE,ARETT,EARNT,TATER,TETRA,TRANT,TREAT,

4-letter words (24 found)

ANTE,ARET,EARN,ETAT,ETNA,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,NETT,RANT,RATE,REAN,RENT,TANE,TARE,TARN,TART,TATE,TEAR,TEAT,TENT,TERN,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (26 found)

ANE,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAN,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERN,ETA,NAE,NAT,NET,RAN,RAT,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEN,TET,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 73 words from ratten according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ratten

ratten

Etymology

The verbal sense is from the notion of causing mischief like a rat.

Noun

ratten (plural rattens)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of ratton

Verb

ratten (third-person singular simple present rattens, present participle rattening, simple past and past participle rattened)

  1. (obsolete, Northern England) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
    • 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
      Did you also employ them to ratten people if they had broken any rules of your society, for instance, by having too many apprentices?

Anagrams

  • Arnett, attern, natter, net art, tarten, treant

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑtən

Noun

ratten

  1. plural of rat

Anagrams

  • natter, tarten

Middle English

Verb

ratten

  1. to tear apart

References

  • “ratten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Noun

ratten

  1. definite singular of ratt

Anagrams

  • tanter, tentar

Source: wiktionary.org