tooth: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with T · ends with H
Meaning of tooth
noun
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
Example: tooth decay
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
The property of resisting slippage when knotted.
Example: Jute has more tooth than polypropylene.
Listed forms: teeth.
Source: Wiktionary — tooth.
verb
To provide or furnish with teeth.
To indent; to jag.
To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
Listed forms: tooths, toothing, toothed.
Source: Wiktionary — tooth.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is tooth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of tooth
T(1) + O(1) + O(1) + T(1) + H(4) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of tooth
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from tooth
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in tooth. Showing up to 24, longest first.