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Is negligent a Scrabble word?

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

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Is negligent a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is negligent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word negligent is a Words With Friends word. The word negligent is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

NEGLIGENT,

8-letter words (3 found)

GENTLING,GLEETING,GLENTING,

7-letter words (6 found)

GENTILE,GLEEING,LENGING,LENIENT,NEGLIGE,TEENING,

6-letter words (22 found)

EELING,ELEGIT,ENGILT,ENGINE,GEEING,GENNEL,GENNET,GENTIL,GENTLE,GIGLET,GINGLE,GINNEL,LEEING,LEGGIE,LEGGIN,LENITE,LENTEN,LINNET,NIENTE,NIGGLE,TEEING,TINGLE,

5-letter words (24 found)

EIGNE,ELINT,ELITE,ENLIT,GENET,GENIE,GILET,GINGE,GLEET,GLENT,GLINT,INGLE,INLET,INTEL,LEGGE,LEGIT,LENTI,LIEGE,LIGGE,LIGNE,LINEN,TENGE,TENNE,TINGE,

4-letter words (40 found)

EINE,ETEN,GEIT,GELT,GENE,GENT,GIEN,GILT,GING,GINN,GITE,GLEE,GLEG,GLEI,GLEN,GLIT,LEET,LENG,LENT,LIEN,LINE,LING,LINN,LINT,LITE,NENE,NETE,NINE,NITE,TEEL,TEEN,TEGG,TEIL,TEIN,TELE,TENE,TIGE,TILE,TINE,TING,

3-letter words (39 found)

EEL,EEN,EGG,ELT,ENE,ENG,GEE,GEL,GEN,GET,GIE,GIG,GIN,GIT,IGG,ING,INN,LEE,LEG,LEI,LET,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIT,NEE,NEG,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,TEE,TEG,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

EE,EL,EN,ET,GI,IN,IT,LI,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 147 words from negligent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of negligent

negligent

Etymology

From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.d͡ʒənt/

Adjective

negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)

  1. Careless or inattentive.
  2. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

  • negligent entrustment

Related terms

  • negligence
  • negligently

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin negligentem. First attested in 1272.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [nə.ɣliˈʒen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [nə.ɣliˈʒent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ne.ɣliˈd͡ʒent]

Adjective

negligent m or f (masculine and feminine plural negligents)

  1. negligent

Related terms

  • negligència
  • negligir

References

  • “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

  • “negligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Latin

Verb

negligent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of negligō

Romanian

Adjective

negligent m or n (feminine singular negligentă, masculine plural negligenți, feminine and neuter plural negligente)

  1. Obsolete form of neglijent.

Declension

References

  • negligent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org