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Is tribute a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tribute is a Scrabble US word. The word tribute is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is tribute a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tribute is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

T1R1I1B3U1T1E1

Is tribute a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tribute is a Words With Friends word. The word tribute is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1R1I1B4U2T1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

TRIBUTE,

6-letter words (4 found)

BITTER,BITTUR,BUTTER,TURBIT,

5-letter words (18 found)

BITER,BITTE,BRITT,BRUIT,BRUTE,BURET,BUTTE,REBIT,REBUT,TETRI,TITER,TITRE,TRIBE,TRITE,TUBER,URITE,UTERI,UTTER,

4-letter words (21 found)

BIER,BITE,BITT,BREI,BRIE,BRIT,BRUT,BUTE,BUTT,ETUI,IURE,RITE,RITT,RUBE,TIER,TIRE,TITE,TRET,TRIE,TRUE,TUBE,

3-letter words (23 found)

BET,BIT,BRU,BUR,BUT,IRE,REB,REI,RET,RIB,RIT,RUB,RUE,RUT,TET,TIE,TIT,TUB,TUI,TUT,URB,URE,UTE,

2-letter words (10 found)

BE,BI,ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from tribute according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tribute

tribute

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/

Noun

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)

  1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
    1. An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
  2. A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
  3. Extortion; protection money.
  4. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
  5. (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
    • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
      Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

Synonyms

  • encomium
  • heriot

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tribe
  • tribal
  • tributary

Translations

Verb

tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)

  1. (transitive) To pay as tribute.

Related terms

  • attribute
  • contribute
  • distribute

Further reading

  • “tribute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “tribute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • burtite, turbite

Latin

Participle

tribūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of tribūtus

Portuguese

Verb

tribute

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

Spanish

Verb

tribute

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

Source: wiktionary.org