LITOTES is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LITOTES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LITOTES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LITOTES is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LITOTES
No single letter turns LITOTES into another word.
How LITOTES scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LITOTES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 77,197.
What does LITOTES mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A figure of speech that expresses a point by denying its opposite, often making a deliberate understatement.
With litotes a speaker says that something is not bad when the aim is to say it is rather good. It is a favorite of dry, ironic humor and appears in everyday talk as well as in poetry and rhetoric.
How LITOTES is used
Litotes is a term from rhetoric and literary study, used when analysing style or understatement.
- Calling a brilliant plan "not a bad idea" is litotes.
- The teacher explained litotes with the phrase "no small feat".
- Her habit of litotes made every compliment sound understated.
- Old English poetry is full of litotes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LITOTES and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LITOTES
The 7 tiles of LITOTES in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LITOTES
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Common questions about LITOTES
- Is LITOTES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LITOTES, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LITOTES worth?
- LITOTES is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LITOTES mean?
- A figure of speech that expresses a point by denying its opposite, often making a deliberate understatement.
- What letters can be added to LITOTES?
- No single letter can be added to LITOTES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LITOTES:
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