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Is sweater a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sweater is a Scrabble US word. The word sweater is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is sweater a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sweater is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is sweater a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sweater is a Words With Friends word. The word sweater is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

SWEATER,

6-letter words (18 found)

ARETES,EASTER,EATERS,RAWEST,REATES,RESEAT,REWETS,SAETER,SEATER,STEARE,STEWER,SWEERT,TAWERS,TEASER,TWEERS,WASTER,WATERS,WESTER,

5-letter words (64 found)

ARETE,ARETS,ASTER,EARST,EASER,EATER,ERASE,ESTER,EWERS,EWEST,RATES,REAST,REATE,REEST,RESAT,RESAW,RESET,RESEW,REWET,SAREE,SAWER,SEARE,SETAE,SEWAR,SEWER,STARE,STEAR,STEER,STERE,STRAE,STRAW,STREW,SWARE,SWART,SWEAR,SWEAT,SWEER,SWEET,TARES,TASER,TAWER,TAWSE,TEARS,TEASE,TEERS,TERAS,TERES,TERSE,TREES,TREWS,TWAES,TWEER,WARES,WARST,WARTS,WASTE,WATER,WEARS,WEEST,WEETS,WETAS,WRAST,WRATE,WREST,

4-letter words (75 found)

ARES,ARET,AREW,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,AWEE,AWES,EARS,EASE,EAST,EATS,ERAS,ERES,ERST,ETAS,EWER,EWES,EWTS,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,RAWS,REES,REST,RETE,RETS,REWS,SATE,SEAR,SEAT,SEER,SERA,SERE,SETA,STAR,STAW,STEW,SWAT,SWEE,TAES,TARE,TARS,TASE,TAWS,TEAR,TEAS,TEER,TEES,TEWS,TREE,TRES,TREW,TSAR,TWAE,TWAS,TWEE,WAES,WARE,WARS,WART,WASE,WAST,WATE,WATS,WEAR,WEER,WEES,WEET,WERE,WERT,WEST,WETA,WETS,

3-letter words (48 found)

ARE,ARS,ART,ATE,ATS,AWE,EAR,EAS,EAT,EEW,ERA,ERE,ERS,EST,ETA,EWE,EWT,RAS,RAT,RAW,REE,RES,RET,REW,SAE,SAR,SAT,SAW,SEA,SEE,SER,SET,SEW,TAE,TAR,TAS,TAW,TEA,TEE,TES,TEW,TWA,WAE,WAR,WAS,WAT,WEE,WET,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AR,AS,AT,AW,EA,EE,ER,ES,ET,EW,RE,ST,TA,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 223 words from sweater according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sweater

sweater

Etymology

From Middle English swetere, equivalent to sweat +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈswɛtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswɛtɚ/, /-ɾɚ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈswetə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: sweat‧er

Noun

sweater (plural sweaters)

  1. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
    Synonym: sweatshirt
  2. (US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
    Synonyms: jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly
  4. One who sweats (produces sweat).
    Synonym: perspirer
  5. One who or that which causes to sweat.
  6. A diaphoretic remedy.
  7. (historical) An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
    Synonym: exploiter
    Coordinate term: sweatee
    • 1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, Annual Report (volumes 7-8, page 158)
      If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
  8. (archaic) One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
  9. (UK, obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
    • William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, Juvenile Gangs (page 6)
      Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]

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Verb

sweater (third-person singular simple present sweaters, present participle sweatering, simple past and past participle sweatered)

  1. (transitive) To dress in a sweater.

Further reading

  • sweater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • wearest

Source: wiktionary.org