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Is litotes a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word litotes is a Scrabble US word. The word litotes is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

L1I1T1O1T1E1S1

Is litotes a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word litotes is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

L1I1T1O1T1E1S1

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

L2I1T1O1T1E1S1

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7-letter words (2 found)

LITOTES,TOILETS,

6-letter words (6 found)

LITEST,LOTTES,STILET,TITLES,TOILES,TOILET,

5-letter words (24 found)

ISLET,ISTLE,LITES,LOTES,LOTTE,SOLEI,STEIL,STILE,STILT,STOIT,STOLE,TEILS,TELOI,TELOS,TILES,TILTS,TITLE,TOILE,TOILS,TOISE,TOITS,TOLES,TOLTS,TOTES,

4-letter words (51 found)

ELTS,ISLE,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIST,LITE,LITS,LOSE,LOST,LOTE,LOTI,LOTS,OILS,OLES,SEIL,SETT,SILE,SILO,SILT,SITE,SLIT,SLOE,SLOT,SOIL,SOLE,SOLI,STET,STIE,STOT,TEIL,TELS,TELT,TEST,TETS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TILT,TITE,TITS,TOES,TOIL,TOIT,TOLE,TOLT,TOSE,TOST,TOTE,TOTS,

3-letter words (34 found)

ELS,ELT,EST,IOS,ISO,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIS,LIT,LOS,LOT,OES,OIL,OIS,OLE,OSE,SEI,SEL,SET,SIT,SOL,SOT,TEL,TES,TET,TIE,TIL,TIS,TIT,TOE,TOT,

2-letter words (17 found)

EL,ES,ET,IO,IS,IT,LI,LO,OE,OI,OS,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 135 words from litotes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of litotes

litotes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs, literally “plainness”), from λιτός (litós, “simple”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/, enPR: lītō'tēz
  • Hyphenation: li‧to‧tes

Noun

litotes (countable and uncountable, plural litotes)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive.
    Synonym: meiosis
    Antonym: hyperbole
    Hypernyms: irony, understatement, meiosis

Derived terms

  • litotic
  • litotical
  • litotically

Translations

See also

  • paradiastole
  • double negative
  • Appendix:Snowclones/not the X-est in the Y

Further reading

  • litotes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Litotes in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Sottile, oil test, toilest, toilets

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.tɔt/

Noun

litotes f

  1. plural of litote

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.to.teːs/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ɔt̪eːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.to.tes/, [ˈliːt̪ot̪es]

Noun

lītotēs f (genitive lītotētos); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. (rhetoric) litotes (rhetorical understatement)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Descendants

  • → English: litotes (learned)
  • → French: litote (learned)
    • → Russian: лито́та (litóta)
    • → Spanish: litote
  • → German: Litotes (learned)
  • → Italian: litote (learned)
  • → Polish: litotes (learned)

References

  • litotes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “lītotēs”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎[2], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 234

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

litotes m (definite singular litotesen, indefinite plural litoteser, definite plural litotesene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by litot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

litotes m (definite singular litotesen, indefinite plural litotesar, definite plural litotesane)

  1. (pre-2005) alternative form of litot

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lītotēs. Doublet of litota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈtɔ.tɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɛs
  • Syllabification: li‧to‧tes

Noun

litotes m inan (indeclinable)

  1. (rhetoric) litotes (figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive)
    Synonym: litota

Further reading

  • litotes in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧to‧tes

Noun

litotes f (invariable)

  1. (rhetoric) litotes (an understatement employed for rhetoric effect)

Spanish

Noun

litotes f pl

  1. plural of litote

Source: wiktionary.org