jilt
Plural: jilts
Noun
- a woman who jilts a lover
- A woman who readily casts aside her lover.
Verb
Verb Forms: jilted, jilting, jilts
- To suddenly reject or abandon a lover.
- cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly
- "jilt a lover or a bride"
- To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
Examples
- He felt jilted when his perfect word was blocked by a single, pesky tile.
Origin / Etymology
Contraction of jillet (“a giddy girl, a jill-flirt”).
Scrabble Score: 11
jilt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjilt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jilt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
jilt: valid Words With Friends Word