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Is tithe a Scrabble word?

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

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Definition

noun (English)

1. (archaic) A tenth.Examples: "But really that gold was not half That a king might have hoped to compel— Not a half, not a third, not a tithe."archaic

2. (historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.Examples: "For this is abundantly confuted by the Constitutions and Practice of these Christian States where Tithes have been variously settled, for maintenance of the Evangelical Priest-hood ; and other pious Uses, by legal and civil Tithes, which imply a Debitum Justitiæ."; "That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and that if any of the ancient pasture be once ploughed up or meadowed, it shall, when restored to pasture again, pay 4d. the acre in the hands of such outdweller."Synonyms: decim, decima, decimate, decimation, tithing, tithelinghistorical

adj (English)

1. (archaic) Tenth.Examples: "Euery tythe ſoule, 'mongſt many thouſand diſmes,"archaicnot-comparable

verb (English)

1. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:Examples: "He teoðode gynd eall his cyne rice ðone teoðan del ealra his landa."; "A reply sent to a young member by the sect's letter-answering department was more precise: ‘A person working for wages is to tithe one-tenth of the total amount of his wages before income tax, national health, or other deductions are removed.’"transitive

2. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:Examples: "...ge tiogoðiað eowre mintan & eowerne dile & eowerne kymen."; "The maner of tiething pigge and gose is, yf one have vijᵗʰ, to pay one."; "Here with the sacred money [Xenophon] built an altar and a temple, and ever after, year by year, tithed the fruits of the land in their season and did sacrifice to the goddess."transitive

3. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:Examples: "Þe prest þe meneȝeð rihtliche teðien."; "They went to the Six Hickories church—tithed—and behaved themselves."Synonyms: decimateintransitive

4. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:Examples: "These slaves are either the sonnes of Christians, tithed in their childhoods, Captives taken in the warres, or Renegadoes."; "Former Southern officers prospered and tithed up to 50 percent for Civil War II, which never came."figurativelyintransitive

5. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:Examples: "gif we teoðiað þas gearlican dagas, þonne beoð þær six and ðritig teoðing-dagas."

6. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:Examples: "Leeuy, that took tithis, is tithid."; "The cost... has been defrayed by tithing the whole Mormon Church. Those who reside at Nauvoo... have been obliged to work every tenth day in quarrying stone."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "tithe"?

Scrabble
8 points
T1
I1
T1
H4
E1
Words With Friends
7 points
T1
I1
T1
H3
E1

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