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Is adopt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word adopt is a Scrabble US word. The word adopt is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is adopt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word adopt is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1D2O1P3T1

Is adopt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word adopt is a Words With Friends word. The word adopt is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

ADOPT,

4-letter words (6 found)

APOD,ATOP,DATO,DOAT,DOPA,TOAD,

3-letter words (20 found)

ADO,APO,APT,DAP,DOP,DOT,OAT,ODA,OPA,OPT,PAD,PAT,POA,POD,POT,TAD,TAO,TAP,TOD,TOP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AT,DA,DO,OD,OP,PA,PO,TA,TO,

You can make 37 words from adopt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of adopt

adopt daopt aodpt oadpt doapt odapt adpot dapot apdot padot dpaot pdaot aopdt oapdt apodt paodt opadt poadt dopat odpat dpoat pdoat opdat podat adotp daotp aodtp oadtp doatp odatp adtop datop atdop tadop dtaop tdaop aotdp oatdp atodp taodp otadp toadp dotap odtap dtoap tdoap otdap todap adpto dapto apdto padto dpato pdato adtpo datpo atdpo tadpo dtapo tdapo aptdo patdo atpdo tapdo ptado tpado dptao pdtao dtpao tdpao ptdao tpdao aoptd oaptd apotd paotd opatd poatd aotpd oatpd atopd taopd otapd toapd aptod patod atpod tapod ptaod tpaod optad potad otpad topad ptoad tpoad dopta odpta dpota pdota opdta podta dotpa odtpa dtopa tdopa otdpa todpa dptoa pdtoa dtpoa tdpoa ptdoa tpdoa optda potda otpda topda ptoda tpoda

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word adopt. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in adopt.

Definitions and meaning of adopt

adopt

Etymology

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad +‎ optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- +‎ opt.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdɑpt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdɒpt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑpt, -ɒpt

Verb

adopt (third-person singular simple present adopts, present participle adopting, simple past and past participle adopted) (transitive)

  2. To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
    1. To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
    2. To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
    3. To contribute towards the upkeep of (a child or animal), in exchange for occasional stories, pictures, etc.
    5. To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
  3. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
  4. To select and take or approve.
  5. (chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.

Usage notes

In the sense of taking a child into one's family, Modern English makes a distinction between fostering (which is implied to be temporary or informal) and adopting (which is permanent and makes the child legally recognized as part of the family). In older usage the two terms were more interchangeable.

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Derived terms

Related terms

  • adoptee
  • adoption
  • adoptive
  • adoptive father
  • adoptive mother
  • adopt out

Translations

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈdopt]

Verb

adopt

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of adopta

Source: wiktionary.org