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Is gloat a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gloat is a Scrabble US word. The word gloat is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

G2L1O1A1T1

Is gloat a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gloat is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

G2L1O1A1T1

Is gloat a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gloat is a Words With Friends word. The word gloat is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3L2O1A1T1

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5-letter words (1 found)

GLOAT,

4-letter words (7 found)

ALTO,GAOL,GOAL,GOAT,LOTA,TOGA,TOLA,

3-letter words (14 found)

AGO,ALT,GAL,GAT,GOA,GOT,LAG,LAT,LOG,LOT,OAT,TAG,TAO,TOG,

2-letter words (8 found)

AG,AL,AT,GO,LA,LO,TA,TO,

You can make 30 words from gloat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gloat

gloat

English

Alternative forms

  • glote, glout (both obsolete?)

Etymology

From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”), related to dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡloʊt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡləʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)

  1. To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
  2. To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

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Noun

gloat (plural gloats)

  1. An act or instance of gloating.
    • 1899, Rudyard Kipling, Stalky & Co (page 13)
      They spun wildly on their heels, jodelling after the accepted manner of a 'gloat,' which is not unremotely allied to the primitive man's song of triumph […]

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Anagrams

  • LoTAG

Source: wiktionary.org