ort

Plural: orts

Noun

A scrap or leftover piece of food.
A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
A small coin, formerly used in central Europe.

Verb

To turn away from with disgust; refuse.

Examples

He used an ORT of a letter, the leftover ’T’, to connect to a double word score.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English orte, from Old English *oreta (“that which is left after eating”, literally “out-eat”), equivalent to or- + eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte (“refuse of food”), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort (“ort”), Middle High German urez, German Uräß and also German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler, etc)”). As the term for a coin, probably borrowed from the central European languages which used it: German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler)”), Polish ort (“coin”), etc.

Synonyms

bit, chip, garbage, gubbins, leftover, remnant, residue, rubbish, scrap

Scrabble Score: 3

ort: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ort: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ort: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 3

ort: valid Words With Friends Word