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

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Is dormant a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

DORMANT,MORDANT,

6-letter words (3 found)

MATRON,RANDOM,RODMAN,

5-letter words (20 found)

ADORN,AMORT,ANDRO,DRANT,MANOR,MANTO,MARON,MONAD,MORAT,NOMAD,NORMA,ORANT,RADON,ROMAN,ROTAN,TARDO,TOMAN,TORAN,TROAD,TRONA,

4-letter words (45 found)

ATOM,DAMN,DANT,DARN,DART,DATO,DOAT,DONA,DORM,DORT,DRAM,DRAT,MAND,MANO,MARD,MART,MOAN,MOAT,MONA,MORA,MORN,MORT,NARD,NOMA,NORM,NOTA,ORAD,RAND,RANT,RATO,ROAD,ROAM,ROAN,ROMA,RONT,ROTA,TARN,TARO,TOAD,TORA,TORN,TRAD,TRAM,TROD,TRON,

3-letter words (51 found)

ADO,AND,ANT,ARD,ARM,ART,DAM,DAN,DOM,DON,DOR,DOT,MAD,MAN,MAR,MAT,MNA,MOA,MOD,MON,MOR,MOT,NAM,NAT,NOD,NOM,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,ODA,OMA,ORA,ORD,ORT,RAD,RAM,RAN,RAT,ROD,ROM,ROT,TAD,TAM,TAN,TAO,TAR,TOD,TOM,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AM,AN,AR,AT,DA,DO,MA,MO,NA,NO,OD,OM,ON,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 138 words from dormant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dormant

dormant

Alternative forms

  • dormaunt (obsolete)
  • dormient (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɹmənt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɔːmənt/

Adjective

dormant (not comparable)

  1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
  2. (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
  3. (architecture) Leaning.

Synonyms

  • (inactive, suspended): quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "inactive, suspended"): active
  • (antonym(s) of "volcano: inactive"): active, extinct

Derived terms

Related terms

  • dorm
  • dormancy
  • dormition
  • dormitive
  • dormitory

Translations

Noun

dormant (plural dormants)

  1. (architecture) A crossbeam or joist.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • mordant

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔʁ.mɑ̃/

Adjective

dormant (feminine dormante, masculine plural dormants, feminine plural dormantes)

  1. dormant
  2. asleep

Derived terms

  • Belle au bois dormant

Participle

dormant

  1. present participle of dormir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • mordant

Norman

Verb

dormant

  1. present participle of dormi

Source: wiktionary.org