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Is polite a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word polite is a Scrabble US word. The word polite is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

P3O1L1I1T1E1

Is polite a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word polite is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

P3O1L1I1T1E1

Is polite a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word polite is a Words With Friends word. The word polite is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1L2I1T1E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

PIOLET,POLITE,

5-letter words (4 found)

LOIPE,PILOT,TELOI,TOILE,

4-letter words (23 found)

LEPT,LIPE,LIPO,LITE,LOPE,LOTE,LOTI,OLPE,PELT,PIET,PILE,PLIE,PLOT,POET,POLE,POLT,POTE,TEIL,TILE,TOIL,TOLE,TOPE,TOPI,

3-letter words (26 found)

ELT,LEI,LEP,LET,LIE,LIP,LIT,LOP,LOT,OIL,OLE,OPE,OPT,PEL,PET,PIE,PIT,POI,POL,POT,TEL,TIE,TIL,TIP,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (15 found)

EL,ET,IO,IT,LI,LO,OE,OI,OP,PE,PI,PO,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from polite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of polite

polite

Etymology

From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“I polish, smooth”); see polish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈlaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Adjective

polite (comparative politer or more polite, superlative politest or most polite)

  1. Well-mannered, civilized.
  2. (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:polite

Antonyms

  • impolite
  • rude

Derived terms

Related terms

  • polish

Translations

Verb

polite (third-person singular simple present polites, present participle politing, simple past and past participle polited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “polite”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • piolet, topile

Italian

Adjective

polite f pl

  1. feminine plural of polito

Anagrams

  • oplite, pilote

Latin

Verb

polīte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of poliō

References

  • “polite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “polite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Verb

polite

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of polir combined with te

Source: wiktionary.org