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Is comfit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word comfit is a Scrabble US word. The word comfit is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

C3O1M3F4I1T1

Is comfit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word comfit is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3O1M3F4I1T1

Is comfit a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word comfit is a Words With Friends word. The word comfit is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1M4F4I1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

COMFIT,

5-letter words (1 found)

MOTIF,

4-letter words (12 found)

CITO,COFT,COIF,COIT,FICO,FOCI,MICO,MOIT,MOTI,OMIT,OTIC,TIFO,

3-letter words (11 found)

CIT,COT,FIT,MIC,MOC,MOI,MOT,OFT,TIC,TOC,TOM,

2-letter words (10 found)

IF,IO,IT,MI,MO,OF,OI,OM,TI,TO,

You can make 35 words from comfit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of comfit

comfit

Etymology 1

From Old French confit (“preserved fruit”), from Latin cōnfectum. Doublet of confetto, confit, and konfyt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌmfɪt/

Noun

comfit (plural comfits)

  1. A confection consisting of a nut, seed or fruit coated with sugar.
Derived terms
  • kissing comfit
Related terms
  • comfiture
See also
  • bonbon
  • discomfit
  • sugar-plum

Verb

comfit (third-person singular simple present comfits, present participle comfiting, simple past and past participle comfited)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make into a dry sugared confection.
    • 17th c, Abraham Cowley, The First Nemeæan Ode of Pindar: The Muse, 1795, Robert Anderson (editor), The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5, page 302,
      The fruit which does ſo quickly waſte, // Men ſcarce can ſee it, much leſs taſte, // Thou comfiteſt in ſweets to make it laſt.

References

  • “comfit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Acronym, from Computer Facial Identification Techniques.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒmfɪt/

Noun

comfit (plural comfits)

  1. (Australia) A computerised image of a suspect produced for the police force.

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Source: wiktionary.org