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Is tetra a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tetra is a Scrabble US word. The word tetra is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is tetra a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tetra is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

T1E1T1R1A1

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5-letter words (4 found)

ARETT,TATER,TETRA,TREAT,

4-letter words (10 found)

ARET,ETAT,RATE,TARE,TART,TATE,TEAR,TEAT,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (15 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,RAT,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TET,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from tetra according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tetra

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Definitions and meaning of tetra

tetra

Etymology

From translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish.

Noun

tetra (plural tetras)

  1. Any of numerous species of small freshwater fish of the South American family Characidae and West African family Alestidae, popular in home aquariums.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Ratte, Treat, atter, ratte, tater, teart, treat

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtetrɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞t̪rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -etrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tet‧ra

Etymology 1

< trademark Tetra Pak

Noun

tetra

  1. Tetra Pak (type of container)
Usage notes
  • Often used as headword in a compound term, with a modifier that specifies the content, e.g. mehutetra (“Tetra Pak of juice”).
Declension
Synonyms
  • tetrapakkaus
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English tetra, from translingual Tetragonopterus.

Noun

tetra

  1. tetra (fish of the family Characidae, commonly kept as aquarium fish)
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tetra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2024-01-01

Anagrams

  • terat

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.tra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtra
  • Hyphenation: tè‧tra

Adjective

tetra

  1. feminine singular of tetro

Noun

tetra m (invariable)

  1. tetra

Anagrams

  • retta

Latin

Adjective

tētra

  1. inflection of tēter:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

tētrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tēter

References

  • tetra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛt.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtra
  • Syllabification: tet‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-).

Noun

tetra f

  1. terry (fabric)
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of tetrachlorometan.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tetra.

Noun

tetra f

  1. tetra (fish)
Declension

Further reading

  • tetra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tetra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org