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Is platitude a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word platitude is a Scrabble US word. The word platitude is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is platitude a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word platitude is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

PLATITUDE,

8-letter words (5 found)

ALTITUDE,APTITUDE,LATITUDE,PLAUDITE,UPTILTED,

7-letter words (7 found)

PLAITED,PLATTED,PLAUDIT,PUTTIED,TALIPED,TITULED,TITUPED,

6-letter words (39 found)

ALIPED,APLITE,AUDILE,DAUTIE,DETAIL,DILATE,DILUTE,DUETTI,DUPLET,ELAPID,LUTITE,PAIDLE,PATTED,PATTIE,PATTLE,PITTED,PLATED,PLEIAD,PLUTEI,PUTEAL,PUTELI,PUTTED,PUTTIE,TAILED,TAPETI,TAPUED,TATUED,TAUPIE,TAUTED,TILTED,TIPULA,TITLED,TITULE,TULADI,UPDATE,UPLAID,UPLEAD,UPTIED,UPTILT,

5-letter words (74 found)

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4-letter words (112 found)

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3-letter words (81 found)

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2-letter words (24 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,ET,ID,IT,LA,LI,PA,PE,PI,TA,TE,TI,UP,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 344 words from platitude according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of platitude

platitude

Etymology

Borrowed from French platitude, from plat (“flat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplatɪtjuːd/, /ˈplatɪtʃuːd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplætɪt(j)ud/

Noun

platitude (countable and uncountable, plural platitudes)

  2. (countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
    Synonyms: cliché; see also Thesaurus:saying
  4. (countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
    Synonym: truism
  6. (uncountable) Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
  8. (uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:platitude.

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Translations

References

  • “platitude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “platitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French platitude.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaːtiˈtydə/

Noun

platitude f (plural platitudes, diminutive platitudetje n)

  1. platitude, cliché

French

Etymology

From plat (“flat”) +‎ -itude.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pla.ti.tyd/

Noun

platitude f (countable and uncountable, plural platitudes)

  1. flatness
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) blandness, triteness, unoriginality
  3. (countable, figuratively) platitude, banality
    Synonym: banalité

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French platitude.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pla‧ti‧tu‧de

Noun

platitude f (plural platitudes)

  1. platitude (an overused saying)
    Synonym: clichê
  2. platitude; triteness; unoriginality
    Synonym: banalidade

Source: wiktionary.org