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Is opponent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word opponent is a Scrabble US word. The word opponent is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is opponent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word opponent is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

O1P3P3O1N1E1N1T1

Is opponent a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

OPPONENT,

6-letter words (2 found)

PONENT,PONTON,

5-letter words (6 found)

EPOPT,NETOP,NONET,TENNO,TENON,TONNE,

4-letter words (26 found)

NEON,NONE,NOON,NOOP,NOPE,NOTE,ONTO,OONT,OPEN,OPPO,PENT,PEON,PEPO,POEP,POET,PONE,PONT,POON,POOP,POOT,POPE,POTE,TONE,TOON,TOPE,TOPO,

3-letter words (24 found)

EON,NEP,NET,NON,NOO,NOT,ONE,ONO,OON,OOP,OOT,OPE,OPT,PEN,PEP,PET,POO,POP,POT,TEN,TOE,TON,TOO,TOP,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OO,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from opponent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of opponent

opponent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oppōnēns (“opposing”), present active participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈpəʊnənt/

Noun

opponent (plural opponents)

  1. One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
    1. One who opposes another physically (in a fight, sport, game, or competition).
      • 1720, Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, London: Bernard Lintott, Volume 6, “Observations on the Twenty-Third Book,” no. 39, p. 136,[1]
        In the Chariot-Race Achilles is represented as being able to conquer every Opponent […]
    2. One who opposes another in words (in a dispute, argument or controversy).
    3. One who is opposed or objects (to a policy, course of action or set of ideas).
    4. (historical) The participant who opens an academic debate by putting forward objections to a theological or philosophical thesis.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "one who opposes"): supporter, proponent, advocate
  • (antonym(s) of "person who opens an academic debate"): respondent

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

opponent (comparative more opponent, superlative most opponent)

  1. (obsolete) Opposing; adverse; antagonistic.
  2. (obsolete) Situated in front; opposite.

Further reading

  • “opponent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “opponent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “opponent”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “opponent” (US) / “opponent” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
  • opponent in Britannica Dictionary
  • opponent in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary
  • opponent in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary
  • opponent in Ozdic collocation dictionary
  • opponent in WordReference English Collocations
  • opponent, opposer, detractor, adversary, antagonist at Google Ngram Viewer

Latin

Verb

oppōnent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of oppōnō

Source: wiktionary.org