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Is esprit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word esprit is a Scrabble US word. The word esprit is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is esprit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word esprit is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is esprit a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word esprit is a Words With Friends word. The word esprit is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (9 found)

ESPRIT,PIERST,PIERTS,PRIEST,RIPEST,SITREP,SPRITE,STRIPE,TRIPES,

5-letter words (32 found)

EPRIS,PERIS,PERST,PERTS,PETRI,PIERS,PIERT,PIETS,PISTE,PREST,PRIES,PRISE,REIST,RESIT,RIPES,RITES,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIRE,SPIRT,SPITE,SPRIT,STIPE,STIRE,STIRP,STREP,STRIP,TIERS,TIRES,TRIES,TRIPE,TRIPS,

4-letter words (41 found)

ERST,IRES,PERI,PERT,PEST,PETS,PIER,PIES,PIET,PIRS,PISE,PITS,REIS,REPS,REST,RETS,RIPE,RIPS,RIPT,RISE,RISP,RITE,RITS,SEIR,SEPT,SIPE,SIRE,SITE,SPET,SPIE,SPIT,STEP,STIE,STIR,TIER,TIES,TIPS,TIRE,TRES,TRIE,TRIP,

3-letter words (31 found)

ERS,EST,IRE,ITS,PER,PES,PET,PIE,PIR,PIS,PIT,PRE,PSI,PST,REI,REP,RES,RET,RIP,RIT,SEI,SER,SET,SIP,SIR,SIT,SRI,TES,TIE,TIP,TIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,PE,PI,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 126 words from esprit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of esprit

esprit

Etymology

Borrowed from French esprit (“spirit”). Doublet of spirit, spiritus, and sprite, possibly also spree.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.ˈpɹiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

esprit (uncountable)

  1. Spirit, enthusiasm.
  2. A wit.
  3. Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.

Related terms

  • bel esprit
  • esprit de corps
  • l'esprit de l'escalier

Translations

References

  • “esprit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Pitres, Presti, Priest, Sprite, pierst, priest, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French esprit.

Noun

esprit m inan

  1. esprit

Declension

Further reading

  • esprit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • esprit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French esperit, from Old French, borrowed from Latin spiritus through Ecclesiastical Latin and Christian religious texts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs.pʁi/

Noun

esprit m (plural esprits)

  1. immaterial or incorporeal substance
  2. disembodied mind
  3. mind (in the wide sense)
  4. mind (as principle of thought)
  5. specific mind aptitude
  6. high mind aptitude
  7. deep intention, sense, or purpose (of a text, action, attitude...); philosophy (in figurative sense)
  8. (metonymically) human being, as possessing abilities of mind
  9. (old) volatile fluid ; (in particular) alcohol

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Czech: esprit
  • → English: esprit
  • → Turkish: espri (“humor, joke”)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • pétris, pister, prîtes, tripes

Occitan

Noun

esprit m (plural esprits) (Limousin)

  1. Misspelling of esperit.

Source: wiktionary.org