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Is ostent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ostent is a Scrabble US word. The word ostent is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

O1S1T1E1N1T1

Is ostent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ostent is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

O1S1T1E1N1T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

OSTENT,TESTON,

5-letter words (10 found)

NETTS,NOTES,ONSET,SETON,STENO,STENT,STONE,TENTS,TONES,TOTES,

4-letter words (29 found)

ENTS,EONS,NEST,NETS,NETT,NOES,NOSE,NOTE,NOTT,ONES,ONST,SENT,SETT,SNOT,SONE,STEN,STET,STOT,TENS,TENT,TEST,TETS,TOES,TONE,TONS,TOSE,TOST,TOTE,TOTS,

3-letter words (20 found)

ENS,EON,EST,NET,NOS,NOT,OES,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEN,SET,SON,SOT,TEN,TES,TET,TOE,TON,TOT,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ES,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OS,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 74 words from ostent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ostent

ostent

Etymology 1

From Middle French ostenter (“to make an ostentatious display of”), or directly from its etymon Latin ostentāre, present active infinitive of ostentō (“to exhibit, present, show; to show off”), frequentative of ostendō (“to exhibit, show”), from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch; to distend”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒstɛnt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑstɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: os‧tent

Verb

ostent (third-person singular simple present ostents, present participle ostenting, simple past and past participle ostented)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to exhibit or show boastingly; to ostentate.

Etymology 2

From Latin ostentus (“a display, exhibition, show”), from ostendere, present active infinitive of ostendō (“to exhibit, show”); see further at etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒˈstɛnt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑˈstɛnt/, /ə-/
  • Hyphenation: os‧tent

Noun

ostent (plural ostents)

  1. (archaic, rare) A display, an exhibition; an appearance, a manifestation.
  2. A boastful, ostentatious display or exhibition.

Etymology 3

From Middle French ostente (“amazing or marvellous thing; prodigy, wonder”) or directly from its etymon Latin ostentum (“portent”), from ostendere, present active infinitive of ostendō (“to exhibit, show”); see further at etymology 1.

The plural form ostenta is from Latin ostenta.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒstɛnt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑstɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: os‧tent

Noun

ostent (plural ostents or ostenta)

  1. (archaic, rare) A portent, a token.

Etymology 4

Noun

ostent (plural ostents)

  1. (obsolete) A minute (60 seconds).
Usage notes
  • Distinguished in medieval times from the "minute" that was one tenth of an hour, or six modern minutes.

References

Anagrams

  • Teston, Tetons, Totnes, notest, teston

Source: wiktionary.org