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Is blot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blot is a Scrabble US word. The word blot is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word blot is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BLOT,BOLT,

3-letter words (3 found)

BOT,LOB,LOT,

2-letter words (4 found)

BO,LO,OB,TO,

You can make 9 words from blot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of blot

blot lbot bolt oblt lobt olbt blto lbto btlo tblo ltbo tlbo botl obtl btol tbol otbl tobl lotb oltb ltob tlob otlb tolb

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Definitions and meaning of blot

blot

Etymology

From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt
  • (General American) IPA(key): /blɑt/

Noun

blot (plural blots)

  1. A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
  2. (by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
  3. (biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
  4. (backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Polish: blotka

Translations

Verb

blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)

  1. (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  2. (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
  3. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  4. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
  5. (transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
  6. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
  7. (transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
    to blot out a word or a sentence
  8. (transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
  9. (transitive, MLE) To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
  10. (backgammon, transitive) To hit a blot.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Bolt, bolt

Danish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German blōt (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥lʌd̥]

Adjective

blot (plural and definite singular attributive blotte)

  1. (dated) mere, very

Adverb

blot

  1. (slightly formal) only, merely
Synonyms
  • kun, bare

Etymology 2

From Old Norse blót, from Proto-Germanic *blōtą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥loˀd̥]

Noun

blot

  1. a sacrifice (especially a blood sacrifice by heathens)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥lʌd̥]

Verb

blot

  1. imperative of blotte

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥loˀd̥]

Verb

blot

  1. imperative of blote

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German blōt (“bare”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”), cognate with German bloß (“bare”) and Danish blød (“soft”). Spelling variant of bloot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbloʊ̯t]

Adverb

blot

  1. only, merely

Synonyms

  • blots, man

References

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Luxembourgish

Adjective

blot

  1. neuter nominative of blo
  2. neuter accusative of blo

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blōtą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bloːt/

Noun

blōt n

  1. a sacrifice, especially a blood sacrifice by heathens
    • He ealle ða cuman to blote gedyde ― he gave all the strangers as a sacrifice. (Alfred's Orosius)

Declension

Related terms

  • blōtan
  • blōtmōnaþ

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse blót, from Proto-Germanic *blōtą.

Noun

blot n

  1. a blót (heathen sacrificial ceremony)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • blota
  • blotare

References

  • blot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • blot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • blot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org