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Is option a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word option is a Scrabble US word. The word option is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

O1P3T1I1O1N1

Is option a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word option is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

O1P3T1I1O1N1

Is option a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word option is a Words With Friends word. The word option is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1P4T1I1O1N2

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6-letter words (2 found)

OPTION,POTION,

5-letter words (7 found)

NOOIT,PINOT,PINTO,PITON,POINT,POTIN,TOPOI,

4-letter words (13 found)

INTO,NOOP,OINT,ONTO,OONT,PINT,PION,PONT,POON,POOT,TOON,TOPI,TOPO,

3-letter words (20 found)

ION,NIP,NIT,NOO,NOT,ONO,OON,OOP,OOT,OPT,PIN,PIT,POI,POO,POT,TIN,TIP,TON,TOO,TOP,

2-letter words (12 found)

IN,IO,IT,NO,OI,ON,OO,OP,PI,PO,TI,TO,

You can make 54 words from option according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of option

option

Etymology

From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒpʃən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑpʃən/

Noun

option (plural options)

  1. One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.]
  2. The freedom or right to choose.
  3. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. [from mid-18th c.]
  4. (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.

Synonyms

  • alternative
  • choice
  • possibility
  • See also Thesaurus:option

Hypernyms

  • (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): derivative

Hyponyms

  • (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant

Derived terms

Related terms

  • opt
  • optimal
  • optimise, optimize
  • optimism
  • optimist
  • optimistic

Translations

Verb

option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned)

  1. To purchase an option on something. [from 20th c.]
    The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.
  2. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • potion

Finnish

Noun

option

  1. genitive singular of optio

Anagrams

  • opinto, opinto-

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin optiōnem (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔp.sjɔ̃/

Noun

option f (plural options)

  1. option

Further reading

  • “option”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org