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Is sweat a Scrabble word?

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

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Is sweat a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (5 found)

SWEAT,TAWSE,TWAES,WASTE,WETAS,

4-letter words (27 found)

ATES,AWES,EAST,EATS,ETAS,EWTS,SATE,SEAT,SETA,STAW,STEW,SWAT,TAES,TASE,TAWS,TEAS,TEWS,TWAE,TWAS,WAES,WASE,WAST,WATE,WATS,WEST,WETA,WETS,

3-letter words (25 found)

ATE,ATS,AWE,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,EWT,SAE,SAT,SAW,SEA,SET,SEW,TAE,TAS,TAW,TEA,TES,TEW,TWA,WAE,WAS,WAT,WET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AS,AT,AW,EA,ES,ET,EW,ST,TA,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 70 words from sweat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sweat

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Definitions and meaning of sweat

sweat

Pronunciation

  • enPR: swĕt, IPA(key): /swɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Middle English swete, swet, swate, swote, from Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitą, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), o-grade of *sweyd- (“to sweat”). Cognate with West Frisian swit, Dutch zweet, German Schweiß, Danish sved, Swedish svett, Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn) (English shvitz), Latin sudor, French sueur, Italian sudore, Spanish sudor, Persian خوی (xway, “sweat”), Sanskrit स्वेद (svéda), Lithuanian sviedri, Tocharian B syā-, Albanian djersë, and Welsh chwys.

Noun

sweat (usually uncountable, plural sweats)

  1. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
    Synonym: perspiration
  2. The state of one who sweats; diaphoresis.
  3. (figurative) Hard work; toil.
  4. (figurative) Moisture issuing from any substance.
  5. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
  6. (historical) The sweating sickness.
  7. (British, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
  8. (video games, slang) An extremely or excessively competitive player.
    Synonym: tryhard
Synonyms
  • sudor
Derived terms
Related terms
  • shvitz
Descendants
  • Sranan Tongo: sweti
  • Torres Strait Creole: swet
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English sweten, from Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”). Compare Dutch zweten, German schwitzen, Danish svede. Doublet of shvitz.

Verb

sweat (third-person singular simple present sweats, present participle sweating, simple past sweated or sweat, past participle sweated or (archaic) sweaten)

  1. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
    Synonym: perspire
  2. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture through skin.
    1. To cause to perspire.
  3. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
    Synonyms: slave, slog
    1. (video games) To be extremely dedicated to winning a game; to play competitively.
      Synonym: tryhard
  4. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
    Synonym: bleed
  5. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
    Synonyms: fret, worry
  6. (transitive, informal) To worry about (something). [from 20th c.]
  7. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
  8. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
  9. (intransitive) To have drops of water form on (something's surface) due to moisture condensation.
  10. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
  11. (transitive, slang) To stress out, to put under pressure.
  12. (transitive, intransitive, cooking) To cook slowly at low heat, in shallow oil and without browning, to reduce moisture content.
  14. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that the friction wears off a small quantity of the metal.
    • 1879, Richard Cobden, On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold (originally by Michel Chevalier)
  15. (intransitive) To suffer a penalty; to smart for one's misdeeds.
  16. (transitive) To take a racehorse for a short exercise run.
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See also

  • 💦

Anagrams

  • Weast, awest, swate, tawse, waste, wetas

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sweatshirt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swɛt/, /swit/

Noun

sweat m (plural sweats)

  1. sweatshirt

Source: wiktionary.org