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/ɛð/
noun

Is ETH a Scrabble word?

Yes. ETH is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A letter (capital Ð, small ð) introduced into Old English to represent its dental fricative, then not distinguished from the letter thorn, no longer used in English but still in modern use in Icelandic, the IPA and other phonetic alphabets to represent the voiced dental fricative "th" sound as in the English word then. The letter is also used in Faroese, but is generally silent in that language.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: eth via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

The sound /ɛ/ followed by the sound of the letter, by analogy with other letter names, such as those of f, l, and m.

ETH at a glance

ETH has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (E 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #21,565 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -ETH

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Same last three letters as ETH. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • TEETH8
  • BETH9
  • TWENTIETH15
  • METH9
  • COMETH13
  • FIFTIETH17
  • THIRTIETH15
  • FORTIETH14
  • GOETH9
  • SIXTIETH18
  • DOETH9
  • SEVENTIETH16

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