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Is inventor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inventor is a Scrabble US word. The word inventor is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is inventor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inventor is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is inventor a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word inventor is a Words With Friends word. The word inventor is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

INVENTOR,NOVERINT,

7-letter words (5 found)

ENVIRON,INTONER,NOINTER,TERNION,VINTNER,

6-letter words (14 found)

ENVIRO,INTERN,INTONE,INTRON,INVENT,INVERT,NORITE,ORIENT,RENVOI,RONNIE,TINNER,TONIER,TONNER,VIRENT,

5-letter words (36 found)

ENVOI,INERT,INNER,INTER,INTRO,IRONE,NINER,NITER,NITON,NITRE,NITRO,NOINT,NONET,NOTER,OVERT,OVINE,RENIN,RIVEN,RIVET,RONIN,RONNE,RONTE,ROVEN,TENNO,TENON,TENOR,TONER,TONNE,TRINE,TRONE,TROVE,VENIN,VINER,VIREO,VITRO,VOTER,

4-letter words (57 found)

INRO,INTO,IRON,NEON,NEVI,NINE,NITE,NOIR,NONE,NONI,NORI,NOTE,OINT,ONER,ONIE,OVEN,OVER,REIN,RENO,RENT,RINE,RIOT,RITE,RIVE,RIVO,ROIN,RONE,RONT,ROTE,ROTI,ROVE,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TIRO,TONE,TORE,TORI,TORN,TRIE,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,VEIN,VENT,VERT,VETO,VIER,VINE,VINO,VINT,VIRE,VITE,VOTE,VROT,

3-letter words (35 found)

EON,ERN,EVO,INN,ION,IRE,NET,NIE,NIT,NON,NOR,NOT,ONE,ORE,ORT,REI,REN,REO,RET,REV,RIN,RIT,ROE,ROT,TEN,TIE,TIN,TOE,TON,TOR,VET,VIE,VIN,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 166 words from inventor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inventor

inventor

Alternative forms

  • inventour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛntɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛntə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

inventor (plural inventors)

  1. One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

Coordinate terms

  • inventress
  • inventrix

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • noverint

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [im.bənˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.vənˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [iɱ.venˈtoɾ]

Adjective

inventor (feminine inventora, masculine plural inventors, feminine plural inventores)

  1. inventive

Noun

inventor m (plural inventors, feminine inventora)

  1. inventor

Related terms

Further reading

  • “inventor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “inventor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “inventor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “inventor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventor, inventōrem.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

  1. inventor

Related terms

  • inventar

Further reading

  • “inventor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

From inveniō +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈu̯en.tor/, [ɪnˈu̯ɛn̪t̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈven.tor/, [iɱˈvɛn̪t̪or]

Noun

inventor m (genitive inventōris, feminine inventrīx); third declension

  1. contriver, author, discoverer, inventor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

  • inventio

Descendants

References

  • “inventor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inventor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inventor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inventor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventōrem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: in‧ven‧tor

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora, feminine plural inventoras)

  1. inventor (one who invents things)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inventeur.

Noun

inventor m (plural inventori)

  1. (dated) inventor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inventōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imbenˈtoɾ/ [ĩm.bẽn̪ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: in‧ven‧tor

Noun

inventor m (plural inventores, feminine inventora or inventriz, feminine plural inventoras or inventrices)

  1. inventor (one who invents things)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “inventor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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