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Is envious a Scrabble word?

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

E1N1V4I1O1U1S1

Is envious a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1N1V4I1O1U1S1

Is envious a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word envious is a Words With Friends word. The word envious is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1N2V5I1O1U2S1

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7-letter words (3 found)

ENVIOUS,NIVEOUS,VEINOUS,

6-letter words (4 found)

ENVOIS,OVINES,VENOUS,VINOUS,

5-letter words (13 found)

ENVOI,EOSIN,NEVUS,NOISE,OUENS,OVENS,OVINE,VEINS,VENUS,VINES,VINOS,VISNE,VISON,

4-letter words (25 found)

EONS,EUOI,EVOS,IONS,NEVI,NIES,NOES,NOSE,NOUS,ONES,ONIE,ONUS,OVEN,SIEN,SINE,SONE,SUNI,UNIS,VEIN,VIES,VINE,VINO,VINS,VISE,VOES,

3-letter words (34 found)

ENS,EON,EVO,INS,ION,IOS,ISO,NIE,NIS,NOS,NUS,OES,OIS,ONE,ONS,OSE,OUS,SEI,SEN,SEV,SIN,SON,SOU,SOV,SUE,SUI,SUN,UNI,UNS,USE,VIE,VIN,VIS,VOE,

2-letter words (17 found)

EN,ES,IN,IO,IS,NE,NO,NU,OE,OI,ON,OS,OU,SI,SO,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 97 words from envious according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of envious

envious

Etymology

From Middle English envious, from Anglo-Norman envious, from Old French envieus, envious (modern French envieux), from Latin invidiōsus; more at envy. Doublet of invidious, borrowed directly from Latin. Displaced native Old English æfestiġ.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĕnʹvēəs, IPA(key): /ˈɛnviːəs/

Adjective

envious (comparative more envious, superlative most envious)

  1. Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
  2. Excessively careful; cautious.
  3. (obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
  4. (obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.

Synonyms

  • (excessively cautious): overcautious

Translations

See also

  • jealous

Anagrams

  • niveous, veinous

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • envius, enwius, envyose, envyous, envyus

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French envieux, from Latin invidiōsus; equivalent to envie +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛnviˈuːs/, /ˈɛnvius/

Adjective

envious (plural and weak singular enviouse)

  1. aggressive, malignant
  2. envious (having envy)
  3. (rare) competitive

Descendants

  • English: envious

References

  • “enviǒus, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • “enviǒus, adj.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • enviös, envieus

Etymology

From Latin invidiōsus.

Adjective

envious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular enviouse)

  1. envious; jealous

Descendants

  • French: envieux
  • Norman: envieux
  • → Middle English: envious, envius, enwius, envyose, envyous, envyus
    • English: envious

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