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Is futile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word futile is a Scrabble US word. The word futile is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is futile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word futile is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

F4U1T1I1L1E1

Is futile a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word futile is a Words With Friends word. The word futile is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

FUTILE,

5-letter words (5 found)

FILET,FLITE,FLUTE,TUILE,UTILE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ETUI,FELT,FILE,FLIT,FLUE,FUEL,LEFT,LIEF,LIEU,LIFE,LIFT,LITE,LITU,LUIT,LUTE,TEIL,TILE,TULE,

3-letter words (21 found)

EFT,ELF,ELT,FET,FEU,FIE,FIL,FIT,FLU,LEI,LET,LEU,LIE,LIT,TEF,TEL,TIE,TIL,TUI,ULE,UTE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,EL,ET,FE,FU,IF,IT,LI,TE,TI,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from futile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of futile

futile

Etymology

From Middle French futile, from Latin fūtilis. Related with god through Indo-European.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjuː.taɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfju.taɪl/, /ˈfju.taɪ.əl/, /ˈfju.təl/
  • Homophone: feudal (some US accents)
  • Rhymes: -uːtəl (US)

Adjective

futile (comparative more futile, superlative most futile)

  1. Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
  2. Insignificant; frivolous.

Synonyms

  • useless, see also Thesaurus:futile

Antonyms

  • effectual
  • effective
  • fruitful

Related terms

  • futilely
  • futility
  • futilitarian

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūtilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fy.til/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

futile (plural futiles)

  1. futile

Related terms

  • futilité

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fūtilis (“futile, worthless”, literally “that easily pours out”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfu.ti.le/
  • Rhymes: -utile
  • Hyphenation: fù‧ti‧le

Adjective

futile (plural futili)

  1. futile, frivolous, worthless

Derived terms

  • futilmente

Related terms

  • futilità

Further reading

  • futile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • fluite

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • futtile

Adverb

fūtile (not comparable)

  1. in vain
Synonyms
  • frustrā
  • in cassum

Etymology 2

Adjective

fūtile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of fūtilis

References

  • “futile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “futile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • futile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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