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Is teletype a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word teletype is a Scrabble US word. The word teletype is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

T1E1L1E1T1Y4P3E1

Is teletype a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word teletype is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

T1E1L1E1T1Y4P3E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

TELETYPE,

6-letter words (2 found)

EYELET,PETTLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

ELPEE,ETTLE,PETTY,TEPEE,

4-letter words (20 found)

EELY,EPEE,LEEP,LEET,LEPT,LYTE,PEEL,PELE,PELT,PYET,TEEL,TELE,TELT,TETE,TYEE,TYPE,TYTE,YELP,YELT,YETT,

3-letter words (19 found)

EEL,ELT,EYE,LEE,LEP,LET,LEY,LYE,PEE,PEL,PET,PLY,PYE,TEE,TEL,TET,TYE,YEP,YET,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,ET,PE,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from teletype according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of teletype

teletype

Etymology

From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) +‎ type (“text, typewriter”), q.v. In the United States, chiefly understood as a genericization of the Morkrum or Teletype Corporation's branded teletype machines. Doublet of telotype.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp/

Noun

teletype (plural teletypes)

  1. (historical) A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.
  2. (historical) The telegrams produced by this device.
  3. (historical) An early input/output device for mainframe computers.

Synonyms

  • (telegraph that prints messages in letters): printing telegraph, teleprinter, teletyper, teletypewriter, telecryptograph, telotype, telephone typewriter; telex (connected to a telex network)
  • (telegram produced by such a telegraph): telegram, telotype; telex (connected to a telex network)
  • (mainframe I/O device): TTY

Derived terms

  • glass teletype
  • teletypic

Translations

Verb

teletype (third-person singular simple present teletypes, present participle teletyping, simple past and past participle teletyped)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To use a teletype.

Further reading

  • “teletype”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “teletype”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “teletype”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Source: wiktionary.org