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Is gentile a Scrabble word?

Yes, gentile is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of gentile?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (Mormonism) Non-Mormon.Mormonismnot-comparable

2. (grammar) Of a part of speech such as an adjective, noun or verb: relating to a particular city, nation or country.Examples: "Gentile verbs are so denominated because derived from gentile nouns, or from proper nouns, or adnouns: they relate to countries, and to places generally, or to men: the following are examples: Greecise, Latinise, Anglicise, […] Aristotelise, Sophoclise, Shakesperianise. Gentile verbs in their radical form terminate in ise, with some few exceptions in fy, ate, and in their past participle with ised, being all of the first conjugation: they are formed by annexing ise to a gentile noun or to a proper substantive or to a proper adjective."; "Gentile Nouns. […] To this form belong our gentile nouns Englishman, Welshman, Scotchman, Irishman. These nouns are represented in Irish by adjectives or nouns of the form (1+ac): Alban-ac, Scotchman."not-comparable

noun (English)

1. (Judaism) A non-Jewish person.Examples: "And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to raise vp the tribes of Iacob, and to restore the preserued of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my saluation, vnto the end of the earth."; "Yea farther, ſo glorious, and raviſhing were the firſt dawnings of Goſpel light, which brought ſuch glad tidings of Salvation to Mankind, as that not only the Jews, but alſo ſome ſober minded, inquiſitive Gentiles rejoyced in this Light for a ſeaſon […] who yet never had a through work of Converſion on their hearts: […]"; "If a Jew cheated a Gentile one sixth in the purchase or in the sale of any commodity, the Gentile was without remedy; not so if a Gentile imposed on a Jew to the same amount. Theft likewise by a Gentile from a Jew was death, not so if the parties were changed: and the same odious injustice they manifested in their law on homicide. […] it is rather extraordinary, that Plato should say, the penalty for the death of a native and of a foreigner should be different."Synonyms: non-Jew, goyJudaism

2. (Mormonism) A non-Mormon person.Mormonism

3. (grammar) A noun derived from a proper noun which denotes something belonging to or coming from a particular city, nation, or country.Examples: "Gentiles are denominative nouns denoting belonging to or coming from a particular country, nation, or city. Gentiles are formed from proper nouns by secondary suffixes."

noun (English)

1. (Mormonism) A non-Mormon person (including Jews).Mormonism

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "gentile"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "gentile"?

Scrabble
8 points
G2
E1
N1
T1
I1
L1
E1
Words With Friends
11 points
G3
E1
N2
T1
I1
L2
E1

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