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Yes. The word tae is a Scrabble US word. The word tae is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Valid words made from Tae

You can make 12 words from 'tae' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'tae'

ATE 3EAT 3
ETA 3TAE 3
TEA 3 

2 letters words from 'tae'

AE 2AT 2
EA 2ET 2
TA 2TE 2

All 3 letters words made out of tae

tae ate tea eta aet eat

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

Definitions and meaning of tae

tae

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑeˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑe
  • Syllabification: ta‧e

Etymology 1

From taata +‎ -e.

Noun

tae

  1. guarantee
Declension
Related terms
  • takaaja
  • takaus

Etymology 2

From takoa +‎ -e.

Noun

tae

  1. Something made of wrought iron, a forged object.
Declension
Synonyms
  • taos

See also

  • takorauta

Anagrams

  • -eta, ETA, Tea

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tadeh. Cognates include Finnish tade and Ludian tadeh.

Pronunciation

  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtɑe/
    • (Uusikylä) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːhe/
  • (Ylä-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtɑeh/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧e

Noun

tae (genitive taeen, partitive taetta)

  1. manure

Declension

Synonyms

  • valo

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 565

Irish

Etymology

From English tea, from Dutch thee, from Min Nan 茶 (tê) (Amoy dialect), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠeː/

Noun

tae m or f (genitive singular tae, nominative plural taenna)

  1. tea

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

  • "tae" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “tae” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “tae” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqe, from Proto-Oceanic *taqe, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqay. Compare Fijian de, Tongan taʻe and Hawaiian kae.

Noun

tae

  1. excrement

Scots

Etymology 1

From Middle English to, from Old English tō, from Proto-Germanic *tō. Cognates include English to, too and West Frisian ta.

Alternative forms

  • t', ta, te, teh, ti, tee, 'e, teu, toie, tu, tü, tö

Pronunciation

  • (preposition, stressed) IPA(key): [tɪ]
  • (preposition, unstressed) IPA(key): [t(ə)]
  • (adverb) IPA(key): [teː]

Preposition

tae

  1. to, towards
  2. to (infinitive marker)

Adverb

tae (not comparable)

  1. too, also, as well
  2. too, too much
  3. to

Conjunction

tae

  1. till, until

Etymology 2

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. Cognates include English toe and Faroese tá.

Alternative forms

  • tee

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [teː]

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. (anatomy) toe
  2. (golf) toe

Verb

tae (third-person singular simple present taes, present participle taein, simple past taet, past participle taet)

  1. (golf) to toe

Etymology 3

From Middle Scots ta, from Middle English to, shortening of tone.

Alternative forms

  • t'ay, t'aye, tey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [teː]

Determiner

tae

  1. the one (of two)
    Antonym: tither

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tae

  1. Alternative form of tak

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes or teaze)

  1. Alternative form of tie

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. Alternative form of dey

Etymology 7

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. Alternative form of taid

Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tae (plural taes)

  1. Alternative form of tea

References

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Indonesian tahi, Malagasy tay, Palauan dach and Samoan tae.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧e
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʔe/
  • Rhymes: -ɐʔɛ

Noun

tae

  1. feces
  2. (vulgar, offensive) shit; an objectionable person

Synonyms

Interjection

tae!

  1. (vulgar) Shit!

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org
  • the aquatic larva of an amphibian.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)