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Is otiose a Scrabble word?

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

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Is otiose a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

OTIOSE,

5-letter words (2 found)

SOOTE,TOISE,

4-letter words (8 found)

OOSE,OOTS,SITE,SOOT,STIE,TIES,TOES,TOSE,

3-letter words (18 found)

EST,IOS,ISO,ITS,OES,OIS,OOS,OOT,OSE,SEI,SET,SIT,SOT,TES,TIE,TIS,TOE,TOO,

2-letter words (15 found)

ES,ET,IO,IS,IT,OE,OI,OO,OS,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from otiose according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of otiose

otiose

Etymology

From Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), from ōtium (“ease”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/ or /ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/ or /ˈoʊ.ti.oʊs/
  • IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.ʃi.əs/

Adjective

otiose (comparative more otiose, superlative most otiose)

  1. Having no effect.
  2. Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
  3. Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
  4. Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
  5. Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.

Synonyms

  • (resulting in no effect): futile, ineffective
  • (reluctant to work): indolent, lazy, sluggish
  • (having no reason or purpose): superfluous, irrelevant, pointless

Antonyms

  • (resulting in no effect): productive, useful
  • (reluctant to work): hardworking
  • (having no reason or purpose): essential, necessary

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Translations

Latin

Adjective

ōtiōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of ōtiōsus

References

  • “otiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “otiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • otiose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org