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Is apposite a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word apposite is a Scrabble US word. The word apposite is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is apposite a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word apposite is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is apposite a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word apposite is a Words With Friends word. The word apposite is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

APPOSITE,

7-letter words (4 found)

ATOPIES,OPIATES,PEPITAS,POTPIES,

6-letter words (20 found)

APPOSE,EPOPTS,OPIATE,PAPIST,PASTIE,PATIOS,PATOIS,PEPITA,PETSAI,PIETAS,PIPETS,POPSIE,POSTIE,POTAES,POTPIE,POTSIE,SAPOTE,SIPPET,SOAPIE,SOPITE,

5-letter words (50 found)

ASPIE,EPOPT,ESTOP,IOTAS,OSTIA,PAISE,PAPES,PASEO,PASTE,PATES,PATIO,PEATS,PEPOS,PEPSI,PESTO,PIETA,PIETS,PIPAS,PIPES,PIPET,PISTE,PITAS,POEPS,POETS,POISE,POPES,POSIT,POTAE,POTES,PSOAE,PSOAI,SEPIA,SEPTA,SPAIT,SPATE,SPEAT,SPITE,STIPA,STIPE,STOAE,STOAI,STOEP,STOPE,TAPES,TAPIS,TEPAS,TOEAS,TOISE,TOPES,TOPIS,

4-letter words (90 found)

AITS,APES,APOS,APPS,APSE,APSO,APTS,ATES,ATOP,EAST,EATS,EPOS,ETAS,IOTA,ITAS,OAST,OATS,OPAS,OPES,OPTS,PAIS,PAPE,PAPS,PASE,PAST,PATE,PATS,PEAS,PEAT,PEPO,PEPS,PESO,PEST,PETS,PIAS,PIES,PIET,PIPA,PIPE,PIPS,PISE,PISO,PITA,PITS,POAS,POEP,POET,POIS,POPE,POPS,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,SATE,SATI,SEAT,SEPT,SETA,SIPE,SITE,SOAP,SPAE,SPAT,SPET,SPIE,SPIT,SPOT,STAP,STEP,STIE,STOA,STOP,TAES,TAIS,TAOS,TAPE,TAPS,TASE,TEAS,TEPA,TIES,TIPS,TOEA,TOES,TOPE,TOPI,TOPS,TOSA,TOSE,

3-letter words (68 found)

AIS,AIT,APE,APO,APP,APT,ASP,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,IOS,ISO,ITA,ITS,OAT,OES,OIS,OPA,OPE,OPS,OPT,OSE,PAP,PAS,PAT,PEA,PEP,PES,PET,PIA,PIE,PIP,PIS,PIT,POA,POI,POP,POS,POT,PSI,PST,SAE,SAI,SAP,SAT,SEA,SEI,SET,SIP,SIT,SOP,SOT,SPA,TAE,TAI,TAO,TAP,TAS,TEA,TES,TIE,TIP,TIS,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (25 found)

AE,AI,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,IO,IS,IT,OE,OI,OP,OS,PA,PE,PI,PO,SI,SO,ST,TA,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 259 words from apposite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of apposite

apposite

Etymology

From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/, /əˈpɒz.ɪt/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/, /əˈpɑ.zɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/

Adjective

apposite (comparative more apposite, superlative most apposite)

  1. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
    Synonyms: to the point; see also Thesaurus:pertinent
    • c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3,
      Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; [...].
  2. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
  3. Related, homologous.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:connected

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Translations

Noun

apposite (plural apposites)

  1. (rare) That which is apposite; something suitable.

See also

  • opposite

References

Italian

Adjective

apposite

  1. feminine plural of apposito

Anagrams

  • appesito, oppiaste, seppiato

Latin

Participle

apposite

  1. vocative masculine singular of appositus

References

  • “apposite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “apposite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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