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Yes. The word pedant is a Scrabble US word. The word pedant is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is pedant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pedant is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

PANTED,PEDANT,PENTAD,

5-letter words (9 found)

ADEPT,ANTED,APTED,NAPED,PANED,PATED,PATEN,TAPED,TAPEN,

4-letter words (24 found)

ANTE,APED,DANT,DATE,DEAN,DENT,ETNA,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,PAND,PANE,PANT,PATE,PEAN,PEAT,PEND,PENT,TAED,TANE,TAPE,TEAD,TEND,TEPA,

3-letter words (35 found)

AND,ANE,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,DAE,DAN,DAP,DEN,DEP,EAN,EAT,END,ETA,NAE,NAP,NAT,NED,NEP,NET,PAD,PAN,PAT,PEA,PED,PEN,PET,TAD,TAE,TAN,TAP,TEA,TED,TEN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AD,AE,AN,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,ET,NA,NE,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 88 words from pedant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pedant

pedant

Alternative forms

  • pædant (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĕdʹənt, IPA(key): /ˈpɛdənt/

Noun

pedant (plural pedants)

  1. A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
  2. A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
  3. (archaic) A teacher or schoolmaster.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

pedant (not comparable)

  1. Pedantic.

See also

  • Pedant in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • stickler

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • panted, pentad

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛdant]

Noun

pedant m anim

  1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

pedant (comparative pedanter, superlative pedantst)

  1. pedantic

Declension

Latin

Verb

pedant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of pedō

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • pedante

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pedante.

Noun

pedant m (plural pedants)

  1. teacher; tutor; educator
  2. pedant

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédant, from Italian pedante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dant/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdant
  • Syllabification: pe‧dant

Noun

pedant m pers (female equivalent pedantka)

  1. neat freak, out-and-outer, pedant, prig, stickler
    Synonyms: porządniś, skrupulant, skrupulat
    Antonym: bałaganiarz

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • pedant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pedant in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Pedant.

Adjective

pedant m or n (feminine singular pedantă, masculine plural pedanți, feminine and neuter plural pedante)

  1. pedantic

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pědant/; /pedânt/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧dant

Noun

pèdant, pedȁnt m (Cyrillic spelling пѐдант, педа̏нт)

  1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

References

  • “pedant” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

pedant c

  1. a pedant (someone pedantic)
    Synonym: petimeter

Declension

References

  • pedant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • pedant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • pedant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org