Yes. ET is a valid word.
ET is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ET is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About ET
ET is a dialect past tense of eat, as in an old saying like “I et my supper”. It is a handy place for a T next to an E.
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ET scores 2 points
Before any bonus squares: E 1 + T 1 = 2. On a double-word square that's 4, on a triple-word 6, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: ET as the first play
Later in the game, put the E on a 3L square and ET is worth 4 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of ET (15):
- BETmaintain with or as if with a bet
- FET
- GETcome into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- HETform of HEAT: a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
- JETto spurt forth in a stream
- LETmake it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- METform of MEET: come together
- NETremaining after all deductions
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- PETa domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- RETplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
- SETput into a certain place or abstract location
- TET
- VETa doctor who practices veterinary medicine
- WETcovered or soaked with a liquid such as water
- YETup to the present time
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from ET
Words that start with ET:
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Swap any one letter of ET and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of ET:
- TEti, the seventh note of the musical scale
Memory tip
ET is an old dialect past tense of eat (“I et my supper”). It hooks into BET, GET, JET, NET, PET, SET, VET, WET and YET.
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Other two-letter words starting with E
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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