flite

Meanings

Plural: flites

Noun

a quarrel, dispute, wrangling.
a scolding.

Verb

to dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
to scold, jeer.
to make or utter complaint.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flit, from Old English flit, ġeflit (“strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *flit. The Old English term had a short vowel, so the modern term must have had its vowel leveled in from the verb at some point in its history.
Cognate with Scots flyte (“scolding, chiding, reproof”),
Saterland Frisian Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), Dutch vlijt (“zeal, diligence”), German Low German Fliet (“zeal, diligence”), German Fleiß (“zeal, diligence”), Danish flid (“zeal, diligence”), Swedish flit (“zeal, diligence”).

Scrabble Score: 8

flite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
flite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

flite is a valid Words With Friends word