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rit

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
3
Words With Friends
3
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɪt/

Definition of rit

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland)A scratch, a score or a groove.
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noun

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland)A scratch, a score or a groove.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of rapid intervention team.

verb

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland)To scratch or score.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland)To tear, rip, rend.
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland)To slit.

adv

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of ritardando.

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Etymology

From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną…

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From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną. Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.

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