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Is runt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word runt is a Scrabble US word. The word runt is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is runt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word runt is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

RUNT,TURN,

3-letter words (6 found)

NUR,NUT,RUN,RUT,TUN,URN,

2-letter words (4 found)

NU,UN,UR,UT,

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

All 4 letters words made out of runt

runt urnt rnut nrut unrt nurt rutn urtn rtun trun utrn turn rntu nrtu rtnu trnu ntru tnru untr nutr utnr tunr ntur tnur

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

Definitions and meaning of runt

runt

Etymology

The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

runt (plural runts)

  1. The smallest animal of a litter.
  2. (by extension) The smallest child in the family.
  3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
    Synonym: dwarf
  4. (slang) An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody.
  5. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
  6. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
    Hypernym: widow
  7. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
  8. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
  9. A bow.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • turn

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

runt

  1. inflection of runnen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Anagrams

  • turn

Faroese

Adjective

runt

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of rundur

Adverb

runt

  1. around

Old French

Adjective

runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)

  1. Alternative form of reont

Declension

Plautdietsch

Adjective

runt

  1. round, circular, spherical

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

runt

  1. indefinite neuter singular of rund

Adverb

runt

  1. around; aimlessly (about movement)
  2. around; at random locations
  3. around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation

See also

  • dygnet runt
  • gå runt
  • se sig runt
  • vända runt

Preposition

runt

  1. around; denoting a full circle
  2. around; following a path which curves near an object
  3. around (a corner)
  4. around, near (about time)
  5. about; all round

Synonyms

  • kring
  • omkring

Derived terms

  • runt om
  • runt omkring

Yola

Alternative forms

  • ee-runt, ee-rent

Etymology

From Middle English rent, i-rent, past participle of renden (“to tear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾʊnt/, /iːˈɾʊnt/, /iːˈɾɛnt/

Verb

runt

  1. torn

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 65

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