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Is trie a Scrabble word?

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

T1R1I1E1

Is trie a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word trie is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

T1R1I1E1

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4-letter words (4 found)

RITE,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,

3-letter words (5 found)

IRE,REI,RET,RIT,TIE,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from trie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of trie

trie rtie tire itre rite irte trei rtei teri etri reti erti tier iter teir etir ietr eitr riet iret reit erit iert eirt

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Definitions and meaning of trie

trie

Etymology 1

From retrieval.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹi/, /ˈtɹaɪ̯/, /ˈtɹi.eɪ̯/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophones: tree, try

Noun

trie (plural tries)

  1. (computer science) An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
Synonyms
  • prefix tree
Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

trie

  1. Obsolete spelling of try
    • 1588?, Robert Browne, “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana, ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228
      If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it.

Further reading

  • trie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tier, tire

Esperanto

Etymology

tri +‎ -e

Adverb

trie

  1. thirdly

French

Verb

trie

  1. inflection of trier:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • tire, tiré

Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin troia (compare French truie), of uncertain origin.

Noun

trie f (plural tries)

  1. (Jersey) sow

Synonyms

  • couoche
  • quétote
  • quette

Derived terms

  • trie d'bouais (“woodlouse”)

Portuguese

Verb

trie

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

Source: wiktionary.org