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What does theatre mean? Is theatre a Scrabble word?

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Is theatre a Scrabble word?

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

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Is theatre a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is theatre a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word theatre is a Words With Friends word. The word theatre is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

THEATER,THEATRE,THEREAT,

6-letter words (7 found)

AETHER,HATTER,HEATER,HEREAT,REHEAT,TETHER,THREAT,

5-letter words (20 found)

ARETE,ARETT,EARTH,EATER,EATHE,ETHER,HATER,HEARE,HEART,RATHE,REATE,TATER,TEETH,TETRA,THERE,THETA,THETE,THRAE,THREE,TREAT,

4-letter words (34 found)

ARET,EATH,ETAT,ETHE,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HERE,HETE,RATE,RATH,RETE,RHEA,TAHR,TARE,TART,TATE,TATH,TEAR,TEAT,TEER,TEHR,TETE,TETH,THAE,THAR,THAT,THEE,TRAT,TREE,TRET,

3-letter words (26 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERE,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAH,RAT,REE,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEE,TET,THE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AR,AT,EA,EE,EH,ER,ET,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 105 words from theatre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of theatre

theatre

Etymology

From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see, watch, observe”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈθiː.ə.tə/, /ˈθɪə.tə/, (somewhat dated) /θiˈɛt.ə/, (obsolete) /θiˈeɪ.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, (sometimes) /ˈθɪə.tɚ/, [ˈθi(ə)ɾɚ]
  • (Canada, Southern American English) IPA(key): /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, /ˈθi.eɪ.tɚ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈθiətə/, [ˈθiə̯tɜ], [ˈθiə̯ɾɜ]
  • Rhymes: (US, Canada, Southern American English) -iːtə(ɹ), -iːətə(ɹ), (UK, somewhat dated) -ɛtə
  • Others:
  • Hyphenation: thea‧tre
  • Hyphenation: the‧a‧tre

Noun

theatre (countable and uncountable, plural theatres)

  1. (chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of theater
  2. (Canada, rarely Australia and New Zealand) A cinema; movie theatre.

Usage notes

  • The spelling theatre is the main spelling in British English, with theater being rare.
  • The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in the United States, however, usually use the spelling "theatre", especially when writing about the art-form while retaining "theater" to write about the location. The spelling is also used often in advertising.

Translations

Anagrams

  • hat tree, hattree, teareth, tethera, theater, thereat

Middle English

Noun

theatre

  1. Alternative form of theater

Middle French

Etymology

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Noun

theatre m (plural theatres)

  1. theatre

Old French

Noun

theatre oblique singular, m (oblique plural theatres, nominative singular theatres, nominative plural theatre)

  1. Alternative form of teatre

Source: wiktionary.org