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Is tilde a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tilde is a Scrabble US word. The word tilde is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is tilde a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tilde is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (3 found)

LITED,TILDE,TILED,

4-letter words (16 found)

DEIL,DELI,DELT,DIEL,DIET,DITE,EDIT,EILD,IDLE,LIED,LITE,TEIL,TELD,TIDE,TIED,TILE,

3-letter words (18 found)

DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,ELD,ELT,IDE,LED,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIT,TED,TEL,TID,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ET,ID,IT,LI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from tilde according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tilde

tilde itlde tlide ltide iltde litde tidle itdle tdile dtile idtle ditle tldie ltdie tdlie dtlie ldtie dltie ildte lidte idlte dilte ldite dlite tiled itled tlied ltied ilted lited tield iteld teild etild ietld eitld tleid lteid telid etlid letid eltid iletd lietd ieltd eiltd leitd elitd tidel itdel tdiel dtiel idtel ditel tiedl itedl teidl etidl ietdl eitdl tdeil dteil tedil etdil detil edtil idetl dietl iedtl eidtl deitl editl tldei ltdei tdlei dtlei ldtei dltei tledi ltedi teldi etldi letdi eltdi tdeli dteli tedli etdli detli edtli ldeti dleti ledti eldti delti edlti ildet lidet idlet dilet ldiet dliet iledt liedt ieldt eildt leidt elidt idelt dielt iedlt eidlt deilt edilt ldeit dleit ledit eldit delit edlit

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

Definitions and meaning of tilde

tilde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, from Latin titulus (“superscript”) or from tildar. Doublet of titer/titre, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪldə/, /ˈtɪldi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪldə

Noun

tilde (plural tildes)

  1. The grapheme of character ~.
    1. A diacritical mark (˜) placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation, such as by palatalization in Spanish words or nasalization in Portuguese words.
    2. A punctuation mark that indicates range (from a number to another number).
    3. May be used to represent approximation (mathematics).
  2. (logic) The character used to represent negation, usually ~ or ¬.

Usage notes

Commonly used for these letters: ã and õ (Portuguese), and ñ (Spanish); Vietnamese, Guaraní etc. use it for several other letters.

Synonyms

  • squiggle, twiddle

Derived terms

  • middle tilde
  • overtilde
  • undertilde
  • zilde

Translations

See also

  • ASCII
  • hyphen
  • swung dash – Specific type of tilde, positioned in middle height of line.

Anagrams

  • lited, tiled

Asturian

Noun

tilde f (plural tildes)

  1. (orthography) accent

Synonyms

  • acentu

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tilde

  1. locative singular of til

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

tilde

  1. inflection of tillen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

Anagrams

  • leidt

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilde/, [ˈt̪ilde̞]
  • Rhymes: -ilde
  • Syllabification(key): til‧de

Noun

tilde

  1. tilde

Declension

Synonyms

  • aaltoviiva

Further reading

  • “tilde”, 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 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tild/

Noun

tilde m (plural tildes)

  1. tilde

Further reading

  • “tilde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • délit, ledit

Interlingua

Noun

tilde

  1. tilde

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtil.de/
  • Rhymes: -ilde
  • Hyphenation: tìl‧de

Noun

tilde m or f (plural tildi)

  1. tilde (all senses)
  2. (typography) tilde, squiggle

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilde/ [ˈt̪il̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ilde
  • Syllabification: til‧de

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tildar or from Latin titulus, possibly through an Old Catalan or Old Provençal intermediate (accounting for the final -e instead of -o).

Noun

tilde f or (less commonly) m (plural tildes)

  1. accent mark, i.e. acute accent
    Synonym: acento ortográfico
  2. tilde
    Synonym: virgulilla
  3. criticism, censure
Usage notes
  • In Spanish, the term tilde refers to a diacritic in general (including the tilde on top of ñ) but it is primarily used to designate the acute accent, as in á. The term virgulilla is used to specifically refer to the tilde on top of ñ.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: tilde
  • → Japanese: チルダ (chiruda)
  • → Polish: tylda
  • → Russian: ти́льда (tílʹda)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ти̑лда / tȋlda
  • → Turkish: tilde
See also
  • acento diacrítico, when used to distinguish “el” from “él”, for instance

Etymology 2

Verb

tilde

  1. inflection of tildar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

Further reading

  • “tilde”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde, with semantic loan from English tilde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilde/, [ˈtil.dɛ]
  • Hyphenation: til‧de

Noun

tilde (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. tilde
  2. accent mark
    Synonym: tuldik

Further reading

  • “tilde” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “tilde”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tilde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tilde]

Noun

tilde (definite accusative tildeyi, plural tildeler)

  1. tilde

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org