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

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

MOTE,TOME,

3-letter words (6 found)

EMO,MET,MOE,MOT,TOE,TOM,

2-letter words (8 found)

EM,ET,ME,MO,OE,OM,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from mote according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mote

mote omte mtoe tmoe otme tome moet omet meot emot oemt eomt mteo tmeo meto emto temo etmo otem toem oetm eotm teom etom

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Definitions and meaning of mote

mote

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /moʊt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt
  • Homophone: moat

Etymology 1

From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“grain of sand; mote; atom”), but of uncertain ultimate origin. Sometimes linked to Spanish mota (“speck”) and English mud.

Compare West Frisian mot (“peat dust”), Dutch mot (“dust from turf; sawdust; grit”), Norwegian mutt (“speck; mote; splinter; chip”).

Noun

mote (plural motes)

  1. A small particle; a speck.
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:modicum
Translations
See also
  • floater

Etymology 2

From Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, may, must”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (“to be able to, have to, be delegated”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, be in charge of”). Cognate with Dutch moeten (“to have to, must”), German müssen (“to have to, must”), Ancient Greek μέδω (médō, “to prevail, dominate, rule over”). Related to empty.

Verb

mote (third-person singular simple present mote, no present participle, simple past and past participle must)

  1. (archaic) May or might. [from 9th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Must. [9th–17th c.]
  3. (archaic) Forming subjunctive expressions of wish: may. [from 9th c.]
Usage notes
  • Generally takes an infinitive without to.
Derived terms
  • so mote it be

Etymology 3

See moot (“a meeting”).

Noun

mote (plural motes)

  1. (obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
    a wardmote in the city of London
  2. (obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
    a folk mote
  3. (obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
Derived terms
  • folk-mote
  • mote bell
  • shire-mote

Etymology 4

From remote, with allusion to the other sense of mote (“a speck of dust”).

Noun

mote (plural motes)

  1. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.

References

Anagrams

  • -tome, Tome, tome

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *moδē.

Pronunciation

Noun

mote

  1. mud

Inflection

Further reading

  • mote in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022) Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎[1], Tromsø: UiT
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Noun

mote f pl

  1. plural of mota

Anagrams

  • Temo, temo

Japanese

Romanization

mote

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もて

Latin

Participle

mōte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mōtus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French mote and Medieval Latin mota.

Alternative forms

  • mot

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːt(ə)/

Noun

mote (plural motes)

  1. A natural or man-made mound; hill
Descendants
  • ⇒ Yola: mothee
References
  • “mōte, n.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

mote

  1. inflection of moten (“to have to”):
    1. present subjunctive singular
    2. present indicative/subjunctive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French mode. Compare mode.

Noun

mote m (definite singular moten, indefinite plural moter, definite plural motene)

  1. fashion

Derived terms

  • motebevisst
  • motehus
  • moteshow
  • moteverden

References

  • “mote” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French mode.

Noun

mote m (definite singular moten, indefinite plural motar, definite plural motane)

  1. fashion

Derived terms

  • motebevisst
  • motehus
  • moteshow
  • motemedveten, motemedviten

References

  • “mote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Provençal or French mot (“word”); see also Italian motto (“word”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mo‧te

Noun

mote m (plural motes)

  1. motto

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmote/ [ˈmo.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: mo‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mot (“word, saying”) or Occitan mot.

Noun

mote m (plural motes)

  1. nickname
  2. motto (heraldry)
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua mut'i.

Noun

mote m (plural motes)

  1. (South America) hulled cereal, especially pearl barley and hominy
Derived terms

Further reading

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

Volapük

Noun

mote

  1. dative singular of mot

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