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Is conceit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word conceit is a Scrabble US word. The word conceit is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is conceit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word conceit is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

CONCEIT,

6-letter words (2 found)

NOETIC,NOTICE,

5-letter words (7 found)

CENTO,CINCT,CONIC,CONTE,ONCET,ONTIC,TONIC,

4-letter words (25 found)

CENT,CINE,CION,CITE,CITO,COIN,COIT,CONE,CONI,COTE,ECCO,ETIC,ICON,INTO,NICE,NITE,NOTE,OINT,ONCE,ONIE,OTIC,TEIN,TICE,TINE,TONE,

3-letter words (20 found)

CIT,CON,COT,ECO,EON,ICE,ION,NET,NIE,NIT,NOT,ONE,TEC,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TOC,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (13 found)

EN,ET,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from conceit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of conceit

conceit

Alternative forms

  • conceipt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English conceyte, formed from conceyven by analogy with pairs such as (Modern English) deceive~deceit, receive~receipt etc. Doublet of concept and concetto. Akin to Portuguese conceito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

conceit (countable and uncountable, plural conceits)

  1. (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. [14th–18th c.]
  2. The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
  3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
  4. (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment. [14th–18th c.]
  5. (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion. [from 15th c.]
  6. (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. [from 16th c.]
  8. (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]
    Coordinate terms: metaphor, simile, concetto
  9. (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]
  10. Design; pattern.

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Verb

conceit (third-person singular simple present conceits, present participle conceiting, simple past and past participle conceited)

  1. (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.

Further reading

  • “conceit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “conceit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “conceit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

Noun

conceit

  1. Alternative form of conceyte

Source: wiktionary.org