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Is waiter a Scrabble word?

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

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Is waiter a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word waiter is a Words With Friends word. The word waiter is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

TAWIER,WAITER,

5-letter words (11 found)

IRATE,RETIA,TAWER,TAWIE,TERAI,TWIER,TWIRE,WAITE,WATER,WRATE,WRITE,

4-letter words (27 found)

AIRT,ARET,AREW,ARTI,RAIT,RATE,RITE,TARE,TEAR,TIAR,TIER,TIRE,TREW,TRIE,TWAE,WAIR,WAIT,WARE,WART,WATE,WEAR,WEIR,WERT,WETA,WIRE,WITE,WRIT,

3-letter words (35 found)

AIR,AIT,ARE,ART,ATE,AWE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,EWT,IRE,ITA,RAI,RAT,RAW,REI,RET,REW,RIA,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAR,TAW,TEA,TEW,TIE,TWA,WAE,WAI,WAR,WAT,WET,WIT,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AI,AR,AT,AW,EA,ER,ET,EW,IT,RE,TA,TE,TI,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from waiter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of waiter

waiter

Etymology

From late 14th century Middle English waiter, wayter (“attendant, watchman”). By surface analysis, wait +‎ -er. Sense of "servant who waits at tables" is from late 15th century, originally in reference to household servants; in reference to inns, eating houses, etc., it is attested from 1660s. Feminine form waitress first recorded 1834.

The London Stock Exchange sense harks back to the early days of trading in coffee-shops.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈweɪtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈweɪtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: wait‧er

Noun

waiter (plural waiters, feminine waitress)

  1. A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
  2. Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.
  3. (historical) A person working as an attendant at the London Stock Exchange.
  4. (obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver. (See etymology of dumbwaiter.)
  5. (obsolete) A custom house officer; a tide waiter.
  6. (obsolete) A watchman.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • wait
  • waitress

Descendants

  • → Bengali: ওয়েটার (ōẇeṭar)
  • → Hindi: वेटर (veṭar)
  • → Japanese: ウエーター (uētā)
  • → Korean: 웨이터 (weiteo)
  • → Urdu: ویٹر (vēṭar)

Translations

Verb

waiter (third-person singular simple present waiters, present participle waitering, simple past and past participle waitered)

  1. (stative) To work as a waiter.

Coordinate terms

  • waitress

See also

  • barista
  • bartender
  • maître d'
  • server

References

Old French

Verb

waiter

  1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of gaitier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (waiter)

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