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Is oppress a Scrabble word?

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

O1P3P3R1E1S1S1

Is oppress a Scrabble UK word?

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

O1P3P3R1E1S1S1

Is oppress a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oppress is a Words With Friends word. The word oppress is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1P4P4R1E1S1S1

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7-letter words (2 found)

OPPRESS,PORPESS,

6-letter words (5 found)

POSERS,POSSER,PREOPS,PROSES,SPORES,

5-letter words (22 found)

PEPOS,PERPS,PESOS,POEPS,POPES,PORES,POSER,POSES,POSSE,PREOP,PREPS,PRESS,PROPS,PROSE,PROSS,REPOS,REPPS,ROPES,ROSES,SORES,SPEOS,SPORE,

4-letter words (29 found)

EPOS,EROS,OPES,ORES,OSES,PEPO,PEPS,PERP,PESO,POEP,POPE,POPS,PORE,POSE,POSS,PREP,PROP,PROS,REOS,REPO,REPP,REPS,ROES,ROPE,ROSE,SEPS,SERS,SOPS,SORE,

3-letter words (22 found)

ERS,ESS,OES,OPE,OPS,ORE,ORS,OSE,PEP,PER,PES,POP,POS,PRE,PRO,REO,REP,RES,ROE,SER,SOP,SOS,

2-letter words (10 found)

ER,ES,OE,OP,OR,OS,PE,PO,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from oppress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oppress

oppress

Etymology

From Middle English oppressen, from Old French oppresser, from Medieval Latin oppressare (“to press against, oppress”), frequentative of Latin opprimere, past participle oppressus (“to press against, press together, oppress”), from ob (“against”) + premere, past participle pressus (“to press”); see press.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈpɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Hyphenation: op‧press

Verb

oppress (third-person singular simple present oppresses, present participle oppressing, simple past and past participle oppressed)

  1. (transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
  2. (transitive) To make sad or gloomy.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To sexually violate; to rape.

Conjugation

Related terms

  • oppression
  • oppressive

Translations

Further reading

  • “oppress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “oppress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • porpess, soppers

Source: wiktionary.org