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Is dolent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dolent is a Scrabble US word. The word dolent is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is dolent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dolent is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2O1L1E1N1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DOLENT,

5-letter words (7 found)

LENTO,LODEN,NOTED,OLDEN,OLENT,TOLED,TONED,

4-letter words (26 found)

DELO,DELT,DENT,DOEN,DOLE,DOLT,DONE,DOTE,ENOL,LEND,LENO,LENT,LODE,LONE,LOTE,NODE,NOEL,NOLE,NOTE,OLDE,TELD,TEND,TOED,TOLD,TOLE,TONE,

3-letter words (28 found)

DEL,DEN,DOE,DOL,DON,DOT,ELD,ELT,END,EON,LED,LET,LOD,LOT,NED,NET,NOD,NOT,ODE,OLD,OLE,ONE,TED,TEL,TEN,TOD,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (14 found)

DE,DO,ED,EL,EN,ET,LO,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from dolent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dolent

dolent

Etymology

From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (“to grieve”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊlənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊlənt/

Adjective

dolent (comparative more dolent, superlative most dolent)

  1. (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.

Related terms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering, in pain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [duˈlen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [doˈlent]

Adjective

dolent (feminine dolenta, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. bad
  2. evil
    Synonyms: malvat, malèfic
  3. (Valencia) ill
    Synonym: malalt
  4. aching
  5. morally afflicted

Derived terms

  • dolenteria
  • dolentíssim

Verb

dolent

  1. gerund of doldre

Further reading

  • “dolent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “dolent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “dolent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dolent, from Old French dolent, borrowed from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔ.lɑ̃/

Adjective

dolent (feminine dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. (archaic) mournful

Related terms

  • douloir
  • douleur

Further reading

  • “dolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈlɛnt]
  • Hyphenation: do‧lent

Adjective

dolent (strong nominative masculine singular dolenter, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) painful

Declension

Latin

Verb

dolent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of doleō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dolent.

Adjective

dolent m (feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. sad

Descendants

  • French: dolent

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (“hurting, suffering”).

Adjective

dolent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular dolent or dolente)

  1. painful; causing suffering and pain

Declension

Related terms

  • doloir
  • dolor, dolur

Descendants

  • → Middle English: dolent
    • English: dolent
  • Middle French: dolent
    • French: dolent

Source: wiktionary.org