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Is spruit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spruit is a Scrabble US word. The word spruit is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is spruit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spruit is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1P3R1U1I1T1

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6-letter words (4 found)

PURIST,SPRUIT,UPRIST,UPSTIR,

5-letter words (10 found)

PURIS,SIRUP,SITUP,SPIRT,SPRIT,SPURT,STIRP,STRIP,TRIPS,TURPS,

4-letter words (23 found)

PIRS,PITS,PTUI,PUIR,PURI,PURS,PUTS,RIPS,RIPT,RISP,RITS,RUST,RUTS,SPIT,SPUR,STIR,SUIT,TIPS,TRIP,TUIS,TUPS,URPS,UTIS,

3-letter words (27 found)

ITS,PIR,PIS,PIT,PIU,PSI,PST,PUR,PUS,PUT,RIP,RIT,RUT,SIP,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUI,SUP,SUR,TIP,TIS,TUI,TUP,UPS,URP,UTS,

2-letter words (10 found)

IS,IT,PI,SI,ST,TI,UP,UR,US,UT,

You can make 74 words from spruit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spruit

spruit

Etymology

Afrikaans spruit. Doublet of sprout.

Noun

spruit (plural spruits)

  1. (South Africa) A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.

Anagrams

  • purist, stir up, tripus, uprist, upstir

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch spruit, from Middle Dutch sprute. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.

Pronunciation

Noun

spruit (plural spruite, diminutive spruitjie)

  1. (geography) stream or small river; river branch

Usage notes

  • Especially used in toponyms.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sprute, spruut, spruyte, from Old Dutch *sprūtan. Cognate with English sprite, sprout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sprœy̯t/
  • Hyphenation: spruit
  • Rhymes: -œy̯t

Noun

spruit f (plural spruiten, diminutive spruitje n)

  1. (botany) A sprout, shoot, a branch-like part of a plant which grows from the rest
  2. A child, seen as a parent's offspring, usually said of a minor
  3. (construction) A style or beam which rests on another
  4. A branch of a plumbing pipe, rope etc.
  5. (geography) A small river, river branch, especially used in South African toponyms

Derived terms

  • bladspruit
  • spruitje (“Brussels sprout”)
  • spruitkool
  • spruitzwam

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: spruit
  • → Papiamentu: sprùit, spreit, spruitsje, spruit
  • → Sranan Tongo: sproiti

Verb

spruit

  1. inflection of spruiten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Source: wiktionary.org