Is LITOTES a word?
LITOTES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LITOTES is a valid word.
What does litotes mean?
noun: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
“saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LITOTES: word details
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
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Solve a whole rack, not just LITOTES
LITOTES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does LITOTES mean?
LITOTES is a noun. It means: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
Is LITOTES a valid word?
Yes, LITOTES is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.