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What does youth mean? Is youth a Scrabble word?

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Is youth a Scrabble word?

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

Y4O1U1T1H4

Is youth a Scrabble UK word?

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

Y4O1U1T1H4

Is youth a Words With Friends word?

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

Y3O1U2T1H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

YOUTH,

4-letter words (2 found)

HOUT,THOU,

3-letter words (8 found)

HOT,HOY,HUT,OUT,THO,THY,TOY,YOU,

2-letter words (9 found)

HO,OH,OU,OY,TO,UH,UT,YO,YU,

You can make 20 words from youth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of youth

youth oyuth yuoth uyoth ouyth uoyth yotuh oytuh ytouh tyouh otyuh toyuh yutoh uytoh ytuoh tyuoh utyoh tuyoh outyh uotyh otuyh touyh utoyh tuoyh youht oyuht yuoht uyoht ouyht uoyht yohut oyhut yhout hyout ohyut hoyut yuhot uyhot yhuot hyuot uhyot huyot ouhyt uohyt ohuyt houyt uhoyt huoyt yothu oythu ytohu tyohu otyhu toyhu yohtu oyhtu yhotu hyotu ohytu hoytu ythou tyhou yhtou hytou thyou htyou othyu tohyu ohtyu hotyu thoyu htoyu yutho uytho ytuho tyuho utyho tuyho yuhto uyhto yhuto hyuto uhyto huyto ythuo tyhuo yhtuo hytuo thyuo htyuo uthyo tuhyo uhtyo hutyo thuyo htuyo outhy uothy otuhy touhy utohy tuohy ouhty uohty ohuty houty uhoty huoty othuy tohuy ohtuy hotuy thouy htouy uthoy tuhoy uhtoy hutoy thuoy htuoy

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

Definitions and meaning of youth

youth

Alternative forms

  • yought, youthe (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young +‎ -th. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juːθ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /juθ/
  • Rhymes: -uːθ

Noun

youth (countable and uncountable, plural youths)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
    • 1936 Feb. 15, Ernest Hemingway, letter to Maxwell Perkins:
      Feel awfully about Scott... It was a terrible thing for him to love youth so much that he jumped straight from youth to senility without going through manhood. The minute he felt youth going he was frightened again and thought there was nothing between youth and age.
    Synonyms: juvenility, youngness, (archaic) youngth, youthfulness
    Antonyms: age, dotage, old age, senility
  2. (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
  3. (countable) A young person.
    Synonyms: adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster
    Antonyms: adult, grown-up
  4. (countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
    Synonyms: boy, young man
  5. (uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.
    Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Derived terms

Related terms

  • young

Translations

References

  • “youth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • youth in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • “youth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Further reading

  • youth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • youth on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Anagrams

  • Tuohy

Middle English

Noun

youth

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of youthe

Source: wiktionary.org