hamlet

Meanings

Plural: hamlets

Noun

a community of people smaller than a village
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
a settlement smaller than a town
A small village or a group of houses.
A village that does not have its own church.
Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haim, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence English home). Equivalent to Middle English ham (“home, village”) + -let (“small”).

Synonyms

crossroads, thorp, village

Scrabble Score: 11

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

Words With Friends Score: 12

hamlet is a valid Words With Friends word