keats

Not valid in Scrabble

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

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈkiːts/(UK)
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/ˈkiːts/(UK) · /ˈkits/(US)

Definition of keats

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
    “John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.”
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name

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
    “John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.”
  2. A census-designated place in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after the poet John Keats.

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Etymology

From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūt (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).

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