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   jilt

   /dʒɪlt/

   verb

   • 1. suddenly reject or abandon (a lover): "he was jilted at the altar by his bride-to-be"

   noun

   • 1. a person, especially a woman, who capriciously rejects a lover: archaic "they'll teach you the guilt of coquetting and ogling, and playing the jilt"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: (in the sense ‘deceive, trick’): of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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     8

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • T

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