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Is telt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word telt is a Scrabble US word. The word telt is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

T1E1L1T1

Is telt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word telt is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1E1L1T1

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You can make 9 words from 'telt' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

4 letters words from 'telt'

TELT 4 

3 letters words from 'telt'

ELT 3LET 3
TEL 3TET 3

2 letters words from 'telt'

EL 2ET 2
TE 2 

All 4 letters words made out of telt

telt etlt tlet ltet eltt lett tetl ettl ttel ttel ettl tetl tlte ltte ttle ttle ltte tlte eltt lett etlt telt ltet tlet

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

Definitions and meaning of telt

telt

Etymology

From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell +‎ -t.

Verb

telt

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) simple past tense and past participle of tell
    Get him telt he's te come hyem noo
    you'll de as ye mam's telt ya

Synonyms

  • told

Anagrams

  • ETTL, Lett, lett

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German telt, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Cognate with German Zelt and Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål tjeld, Swedish tjäll, and Danish tjæld). English tilt and Swedish tält were also borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtˢɛlˀd̥]

Noun

telt n (singular definite teltet, plural indefinite telte)

  1. a tent

Inflection

References

  • “telt” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

telt

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of tellen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of tellen

Hungarian

Etymology

From the verb telik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛlt]
  • Hyphenation: telt
  • Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

telt

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of telik

Participle

telt

  1. past participle of telik

Adjective

telt (comparative teltebb, superlative legteltebb)

  1. full
    Synonyms: teli, töltött
  2. plump (figure)
    Synonyms: teltkarcsú, molett, pufi, duci

Declension

References

Further reading

  • telt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English teld (“tent”), Danish telt. Became tilt in Late Middle English.

Noun

telt (plural telts)

  1. a cloth covering, an awning

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German telt

Noun

telt n (definite singular teltet, indefinite plural telt or telter, definite plural telta or teltene)

  1. a tent
Derived terms
  • sirkustelt
  • teltplass

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • talt, tellet

Verb

telt

  1. past participle of telle

References

  • “telt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “telt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German telt

Noun

telt n (definite singular teltet, indefinite plural telt, definite plural telta)

  1. a tent

Derived terms

  • sirkustelt
  • teltplass

References

  • “telt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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  • the terminal segment of an arthropod.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)