letter
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Is letter a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of letter?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (in the plural) Literature.Examples: "Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters."in-plural
2. (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.Examples: "Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision."
3. (US, uncountable) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm).USuncountable
4. (Canada, uncountable) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm.Canadauncountable
5. (US, scholastic) Clipping of varsity letter.USabbreviationalt-ofclipping
6. (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.Examples: "Under these, thro’ a garden in which is an ample fountaine, was the King's printing-house, and that famous letter so much esteem’d."dated
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.transitive
2. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award).Examples: "I think Mom lettered in shot put her junior year."USintransitive
noun (English)
1. (archaic) One who retards or hinders.archaic
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Alternative form of litter.alt-ofalternativeobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary