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Is despot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word despot is a Scrabble US word. The word despot is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is despot a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word despot is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2E1S1P3O1T1

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Yes. The word despot is a Words With Friends word. The word despot is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

DEPOTS,DESPOT,DOPEST,POSTED,STOPED,

5-letter words (17 found)

DEPOT,DOEST,DOPES,DOTES,ESTOP,OPTED,PESTO,POETS,POSED,POTED,POTES,SPODE,STOEP,STOPE,TOPED,TOPES,TOSED,

4-letter words (38 found)

DEPS,DOES,DOPE,DOPS,DOSE,DOST,DOTE,DOTS,EPOS,ODES,OPED,OPES,OPTS,PEDS,PESO,PEST,PETS,PODS,POET,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,SEPT,SPED,SPET,SPOD,SPOT,STED,STEP,STOP,TEDS,TODS,TOED,TOES,TOPE,TOPS,TOSE,

3-letter words (32 found)

DEP,DOE,DOP,DOS,DOT,DSO,EDS,EST,ODE,ODS,OES,OPE,OPS,OPT,OSE,PED,PES,PET,POD,POS,POT,PST,SED,SET,SOD,SOP,SOT,TED,TES,TOD,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (15 found)

DE,DO,ED,ES,ET,OD,OE,OP,OS,PE,PO,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 108 words from despot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of despot

despot

Etymology

From Middle French despote, from Old French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”). Cognate with Sanskrit दम्पति (dámpati).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.pɒt/, /ˈdɛz.pɒt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.pət/

Noun

despot (plural despots)

  1. A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
  2. (historical) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)

Derived terms

  • despotate
  • despotism

Translations

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Anagrams

  • T posed, T-posed, depots, dopest, dépôts, posted, ptosed, stoped

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master”).

Noun

despot c (singular definite despoten, plural indefinite despoter)

  1. despot

Inflection

Synonyms

  • tyran

Derived terms

  • despoti n
  • despotisk (adjective)
  • despotisme c

Further reading

  • “despot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek δεσπότης (despótis).

Noun

despot m (plural despoți)

  1. despot

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děspot/
  • Hyphenation: des‧pot

Noun

dèspot m (Cyrillic spelling дѐспот)

  1. despot

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).

Noun

despot c

  1. despot

Declension

Related terms

  • despoti
  • despotisk
  • despotism
  • despotvälde

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org