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What does covet mean? Is covet a Scrabble word?

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Is covet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word covet is a Scrabble US word. The word covet is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

C3O1V4E1T1

Is covet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word covet is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3O1V4E1T1

Is covet a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word covet is a Words With Friends word. The word covet is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1V5E1T1

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5-letter words (1 found)

COVET,

4-letter words (4 found)

COTE,COVE,VETO,VOTE,

3-letter words (8 found)

COT,ECO,EVO,TEC,TOC,TOE,VET,VOE,

2-letter words (4 found)

ET,OE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 18 words from covet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of covet

covet ocvet cvoet vcoet ovcet vocet coevt ocevt ceovt ecovt oecvt eocvt cveot vceot cevot ecvot vecot evcot ovect voect oevct eovct veoct evoct covte ocvte cvote vcote ovcte vocte cotve octve ctove tcove otcve tocve cvtoe vctoe ctvoe tcvoe vtcoe tvcoe ovtce votce otvce tovce vtoce tvoce coetv ocetv ceotv ecotv oectv eoctv cotev octev ctoev tcoev otcev tocev cetov ectov cteov tceov etcov tecov oetcv eotcv otecv toecv etocv teocv cveto vceto cevto ecvto vecto evcto cvteo vcteo ctveo tcveo vtceo tvceo cetvo ectvo ctevo tcevo etcvo tecvo vetco evtco vteco tveco etvco tevco ovetc voetc oevtc eovtc veotc evotc ovtec votec otvec tovec vtoec tvoec oetvc eotvc otevc toevc etovc teovc vetoc evtoc vteoc tveoc etvoc tevoc

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

Definitions and meaning of covet

covet

Etymology

From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʌvɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌvɪt

Verb

covet (third-person singular simple present covets, present participle coveting, simple past and past participle coveted)

  1. (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
  2. (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
  3. (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.

Derived terms

  • coveting
  • covetingly

Related terms

  • covetable
  • coveter
  • covetous

Translations

Further reading

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

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