gnat

Meanings

Plural: gnats

Noun

any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
(British usage) mosquito
Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
An annoying person.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.

Scrabble Score: 5

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

Words With Friends Score: 7

gnat is a valid Words With Friends word