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Is tilt a Scrabble word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

TILT,

3-letter words (3 found)

LIT,TIL,TIT,

2-letter words (3 found)

IT,LI,TI,

You can make 7 words from tilt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tilt

tilt itlt tlit ltit iltt litt titl ittl ttil ttil ittl titl tlti ltti ttli ttli ltti tlti iltt litt itlt tilt ltit tlit

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Definitions and meaning of tilt

tilt

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɪlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

Etymology 1

From Middle English tilte, from Old English tyltan (“to be unsteady”), related to the adjective tealt (“unsteady”), from Proto-Germanic *taltaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”), see also Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Cognate with Icelandic tölt (“an ambling pace”).

The nominal sense of "a joust" appears around 1510, presumably derived from the barrier which separated the combatants, which suggests connection with tilt "covering". The modern transitive meaning is from 1590; the intransitive use appears 1620.

Verb

tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

  1. (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant. [1590]
  2. (intransitive) To be at an angle. [1620]
  3. (intransitive, jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
  4. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
  5. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
  6. To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
  7. (pinball, of a machine) To intentionally let the ball fall down to the drain by disabling flippers and most targets, done as a punishment to the player when the machine is nudged too violently or frequently.
  8. (originally poker, video games, chess, slang) To enter a state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
Synonyms
  • slope
  • incline
  • slant
Translations

Noun

tilt (plural tilts)

  1. A slope or inclination.
  2. The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
  3. (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
    Coordinate terms: pan, cant
  4. A jousting contest. (countable) [1510]
  5. An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
  6. A thrust, as with a lance.
  7. A tilt hammer.
  8. (uncountable, poker, video games, chess, slang) A state of frustration and worsened performance resulting from a series of losses.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Middle English telte, tield, teld, from Old English teld (“tent”), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”). Perhaps influenced by Middle Low German telt, or Danish telt. Cognates include German Zelt (“tent”), Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence also archaic Danish tjæld (“tent”)). More at teld.

Noun

tilt (plural tilts)

  1. A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc. [1450]
  2. Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.

Verb

tilt (third-person singular simple present tilts, present participle tilting, simple past and past participle tilted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.

References

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tilt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • tilt (poker) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Litt

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

Verb

tilt

  1. inflection of tillen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtilt]
  • Rhymes: -ilt

Verb

tilt

  1. (transitive) to forbid, prohibit (someone: -nak/-nek)

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Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tilt. In the non-pinball senses, a pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtilt/
  • Rhymes: -ilt
  • Hyphenation: tìlt

Noun

tilt m (invariable)

  1. haywire state; breakdown; crash; down; out of order
  2. short-circuit (unintended current flow)
  3. tilt (pinball machine state)

Derived terms

  • andare in tilt
  • essere in tilt

References

Further reading

  • tilt in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Source: wiktionary.org