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Is neglect a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word neglect is a Scrabble US word. The word neglect is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

N1E1G2L1E1C3T1

Is neglect a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word neglect is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

N1E1G2L1E1C3T1

Is neglect a Words With Friends word?

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

N2E1G3L2E1C4T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

NEGLECT,

6-letter words (1 found)

GENTLE,

5-letter words (6 found)

CTENE,ELECT,GENET,GLEET,GLENT,TENGE,

4-letter words (18 found)

CELT,CENT,CETE,CLEG,ETEN,GELT,GENE,GENT,GLEE,GLEN,LEET,LENG,LENT,NETE,TEEL,TEEN,TELE,TENE,

3-letter words (22 found)

CEE,CEL,EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,ENG,GEE,GEL,GEN,GET,LEE,LEG,LET,NEE,NEG,NET,TEC,TEE,TEG,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,EN,ET,NE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 55 words from neglect according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of neglect

neglect

Etymology

From Middle English neclect, from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), a variant of neclegō, itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“pick up, select”). Recorded since a. 1460, as noun since 1588.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪˈɡlɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

neglect (third-person singular simple present neglects, present participle neglecting, simple past and past participle neglected)

  1. (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
  2. (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
  3. (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
  4. (transitive, mathematics) To ignore for the sake of simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

Synonyms

  • (fail to care for): let slide
  • (to omit to notice): disregard, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore
  • (failure due to carelessness): fail, forget

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "fail to care for"): care, mind, reck; see also Thesaurus:care
  • (antonym(s) of "to omit to notice"): consider, notice, regard; see also Thesaurus:pay attention

Derived terms

Related terms

  • negligee
  • negligent
  • negligence

Translations

Noun

neglect (countable and uncountable, plural neglects)

  1. The act of neglecting.
  2. The state of being neglected.
  3. Habitual lack of care.

Synonyms

  • carelessness
  • negligence

Antonyms

  • consideration
  • notice
  • regard

Derived terms

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Source: wiktionary.org