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Is epithet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word epithet is a Scrabble US word. The word epithet is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

E1P3I1T1H4E1T1

Is epithet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word epithet is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

E1P3I1T1H4E1T1

Is epithet a Words With Friends word?

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

E1P4I1T1H3E1T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

EPITHET,

6-letter words (2 found)

HETTIE,PETITE,

5-letter words (5 found)

PETIT,PETTI,TEETH,THETE,TITHE,

4-letter words (11 found)

ETHE,HEPT,HETE,HIPT,PIET,PITH,TETE,TETH,THEE,TIPT,TITE,

3-letter words (19 found)

ETH,HEP,HET,HIE,HIP,HIT,PEE,PEH,PET,PHI,PHT,PIE,PIT,TEE,TET,THE,TIE,TIP,TIT,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EH,ET,HE,HI,IT,PE,PI,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from epithet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of epithet

epithet

Etymology

From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “additional”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) +‎ τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (suf. possibly related to title in the sense of "ascribed appellation") (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/, /ˈɛp.əˌθɛt/
  • Hyphenation: ep‧i‧thet

Noun

epithet (plural epithets)

  1. A term used to characterize a person or thing.
  2. (mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
  3. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
  4. One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
  5. An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
  6. (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.

Synonyms

  • (descriptive substitute): cognomen

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Verb

epithet (third-person singular simple present epithets, present participle epitheting, simple past and past participle epitheted)

  1. (transitive) To term; to refer to as.

Source: wiktionary.org