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Is posset a Scrabble word?

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

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Is posset a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1S1S1E1T1

Is posset a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word posset is a Words With Friends word. The word posset is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (6 found)

ESTOPS,PESTOS,POSSET,PTOSES,STOEPS,STOPES,

5-letter words (19 found)

ESTOP,PESOS,PESTO,PESTS,POETS,POSES,POSSE,POSTS,POTES,SEPTS,SPEOS,SPETS,SPOTS,STEPS,STOEP,STOPE,STOPS,TOPES,TOSES,

4-letter words (29 found)

EPOS,ESTS,OPES,OPTS,OSES,PESO,PEST,PETS,POET,POSE,POSS,POST,POTE,POTS,PSST,SEPS,SEPT,SETS,SOPS,SOTS,SPET,SPOT,STEP,STOP,TOES,TOPE,TOPS,TOSE,TOSS,

3-letter words (19 found)

ESS,EST,OES,OPE,OPS,OPT,OSE,PES,PET,POS,POT,PST,SET,SOP,SOS,SOT,TES,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (11 found)

ES,ET,OE,OP,OS,PE,PO,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from posset according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of posset

posset

Etymology

From Middle English posset, possot, possate, poshet, posthot, of unclear origin. Perhaps from Welsh posel. A connection to Latin pōsca (medieval/dialectal poscada) has also been suggested.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒsɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑsɪt/

Noun

posset (plural possets)

  1. A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
  2. A baby's vomit, comprising curdled milk.
  3. A pudding-like food composed of cream, sugar, and other flavoring, such as lemon.

Translations

Verb

posset (third-person singular simple present possets, present participle posseting, simple past and past participle posseted)

  1. (obsolete) To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
    to posset the blood
  2. To treat with possets; to pamper.
  3. (of a baby) To vomit up curdled milk.
    • 2003, Pearson Education, Limited, Baby's First Year, Pearson South Africa →ISBN, page 23
      All babies posset.

Synonyms

  • (pamper): coddle, cosset, pamper; see also Thesaurus:pamper

Derived terms

  • sneck posset
  • give a sneck posset

References

  • “posset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • T poses, T-poses, e-stops, estops, pestos, posest, posets, ptoses, stoeps, stopes

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpos.set/, [ˈpɔs̠ːɛt̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpos.set/, [ˈpɔsːet̪]

Verb

posset

  1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of possum  "he would be able (to)"

Source: wiktionary.org