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What does tyke mean? Is tyke a Scrabble word?

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Is tyke a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tyke is a Scrabble US word. The word tyke is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is tyke a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tyke is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

T1Y4K5E1

Is tyke a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tyke is a Words With Friends word. The word tyke is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

KYTE,TYKE,

3-letter words (5 found)

KET,KEY,KYE,TYE,YET,

2-letter words (4 found)

ET,KY,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from tyke according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tyke

tyke ytke tkye ktye ykte kyte tyek ytek teyk etyk yetk eytk tkey ktey teky etky kety ekty yket kyet yekt eykt keyt ekyt

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

Definitions and meaning of tyke

tyke

Alternative forms

  • tike

Etymology

From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“bitch”). Compare modern Icelandic tík (“bitch, female dog”), Faroese tík (“bitch, female dog”), Swedish tik (“bitch, female dog”). For sense 5, early 20th century: alteration of Taig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taɪk/
  • Rhymes: -aɪk

Noun

tyke (plural tykes)

  1. (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
  2. (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
    1. (Canada) An initiation level of sports competition for young children (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (dated, chiefly British) An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
  4. (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
  5. (Australia, New Zealand, informal, derogatory) A Roman Catholic.

Synonyms

  • (mongrel dog): mongrel, mutt
  • (slang: small child): ankle-biter, nipper, tot

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Tyke

Translations

References

“tyke”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • Kyte, kyte, tyek

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