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Is wreath a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wreath is a Scrabble US word. The word wreath is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

W4R1E1A1T1H4

Is wreath a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wreath is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

W4R1E1A1T1H4

Is wreath a Words With Friends word?

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

W4R1E1A1T1H3

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6-letter words (2 found)

THAWER,WREATH,

5-letter words (15 found)

EARTH,HATER,HEART,RATHE,REWTH,TAWER,THRAE,THRAW,THREW,WATER,WHARE,WHEAR,WHEAT,WRATE,WRATH,

4-letter words (31 found)

ARET,AREW,EATH,HAET,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,RATE,RATH,RHEA,TAHR,TARE,TEAR,TEHR,THAE,THAR,THAW,THEW,TREW,TWAE,WARE,WART,WATE,WEAR,WERT,WETA,WHAE,WHAT,WHET,

3-letter words (34 found)

ARE,ART,ATE,AWE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,ETH,EWT,HAE,HAT,HAW,HER,HET,HEW,RAH,RAT,RAW,REH,RET,REW,TAE,TAR,TAW,TEA,TEW,THE,TWA,WAE,WAR,WAT,WET,WHA,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AR,AT,AW,EA,EH,ER,ET,EW,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from wreath according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wreath

wreath

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣþ, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rēth, (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹiːθ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹiːθ/
  • Rhymes: -iːθ

Noun

wreath (plural wreaths)

  1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
    a wreath of smoke    a wreath of clouds
  2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
  3. A defect in glass.
  4. (heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
    Synonyms: orle, torse
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

See wreathe.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rēth, rēth, IPA(key): /ɹiːθ/, /ɹiːð/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹiθ/, /ɹið/
  • Rhymes: -iːθ, -iːð

Verb

wreath (third-person singular simple present wreaths, present participle wreathing, simple past and past participle wreathed)

  1. Alternative spelling of wreathe
Derived terms
  • unwreath

References

Further reading

  • wreath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • rethaw, thawer, wahter, what're, wrathe

Source: wiktionary.org