ratite

1. Relating to or being any of a group of flightless birds having a flat breastbone without the keellike prominence characteristic of most flying birds.

2. (of a bird) having a flat breastbone without a keel, and so unable to fly.

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1. A ratite bird, such as the ostrich or emu.

2. A bird with a flat breastbone.

3. Any of various mostly flightless birds (as an ostrich, rhea, emu, moa, or kiwi) with small or rudimentary wings and no keel on the sternum that are probably of polyphyletic origin and are assigned to a number of different orders.

4. Any of the mostly large, flightless birds with a ratite breastbone, i.e. the ostrich, rhea, emu, cassowary, and kiwi, together with the extinct moa and elephant bird.

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attire	6	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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tie	3
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tate	4
arie	4
tear	4
teat	4
tier	4
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tret	4
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rite	4
rate	4
tare	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
terai	5
trite	5
treat	5
trait	5
titre	5
titer	5
tetri	5
tetra	5
tater	5
irate	5
retia	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
attire	6
ratite	6