Poet in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is poet a Scrabble word?

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

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Is poet a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word poet is a Words With Friends word. The word poet is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

POET,POTE,TOPE,

3-letter words (6 found)

OPE,OPT,PET,POT,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (7 found)

ET,OE,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from poet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of poet

poet opet peot epot oept eopt pote opte ptoe tpoe otpe tope peto epto pteo tpeo etpo tepo oetp eotp otep toep etop teop

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word poet. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in poet.

Definitions and meaning of poet

poet

Alternative forms

  • poët, poete, poëte (rare, archaic)

Etymology

From Old French poete, from Latin poēta (poet, author), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, creator, maker, author, poet), from ποιέω (poiéō, I make, compose). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pōʹĭt
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ɪ̈(ʔ)t̚]
  • Rhymes: -əʊɪt

Noun

poet (plural poets)

  1. A person who writes poems.
  2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.

Hyponyms

  • poetess (female, dated)
  • versifier

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • “poet, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “poet, n.”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, pages 4580–4581.
  • “poet, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “poet, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4580, column 3.
  • “poet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • -tope, Pote, Tope, pote, tope

Danish

Noun

poet

  1. poet

Declension

Synonyms

  • digter

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /put/
  • Rhymes: -ut

Noun

poet m (uncountable)

  1. loot, stolen money

Anagrams

  • pote, toep

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈeːt/
  • IPA(key): /puˈeːt/

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poeter, definite plural poetene)

  1. a poet

Synonyms

  • dikter

Related terms

  • poesi

References

  • “poet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs), via Latin poeta.

Noun

poet m (definite singular poeten, indefinite plural poetar, definite plural poetane)

  1. a poet

Synonyms

  • diktar

Related terms

  • poesi

References

  • “poet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

poet

  1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poète, itself from Latin poeta. Compare Aromanian puet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈet/

Noun

poet m (plural poeți, feminine equivalent poetă or poetesă)

  1. poet
    Synonym: (obsolete) șair
    Mare poet național.Great national poet.
  2. (figurative) poet (person with a creative or romantic imagination)

Declension

Related terms

  • poetesă (poetess)
  • poezie (poetry)
  • poetic (poetic)

References

  • poet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

poet c

  1. a poet

Declension

Synonyms

  • diktare
  • lyriker
  • rimsmed
  • (higher register) skald

Related terms

  • poem
  • poesi
  • poetisk

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org