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

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Is potent a Scrabble UK word?

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6-letter words (1 found)

POTENT,

5-letter words (2 found)

NETOP,PETTO,

4-letter words (16 found)

NETT,NOPE,NOTE,NOTT,OPEN,PENT,PEON,POET,PONE,PONT,POTE,POTT,TENT,TONE,TOPE,TOTE,

3-letter words (16 found)

EON,NEP,NET,NOT,ONE,OPE,OPT,PEN,PET,POT,TEN,TET,TOE,TON,TOP,TOT,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 47 words from potent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of potent

potent

Etymology

From Middle English potent, borrowed from Latin potens, potentis (“powerful, strong, potent”), present participle of posse (“to be able”), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊt(ə)nt/
  • (General American) enPR: pōtʹnt IPA(key): /ˈpoʊt(ə)nt/, [ˈpʰoʊ̯ʔn̩t], [-n̩ʔ]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtənt
  • Hyphenation: po‧tent

Adjective

potent (comparative more potent, superlative most potent)

  1. Powerful; possessing power; effective.
    1. Possessing authority or influence; persuasive, convincing.
    2. Possessing strong physical or chemical properties.
  2. (of a male) Able to procreate.
  3. (of a cell) Able to differentiate.

Derived terms

  • potentize
  • potent potable

Translations

Noun

potent (plural potents)

  1. (obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
  2. (obsolete) A staff or crutch.
  3. (heraldry) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.

Antonyms

  • impotent
  • (antonym(s) of "heraldry"): counterpotent

Derived terms

  • counter-potent
  • cross potent
  • equipotent
  • idempotent
  • multipotent
  • nilpotent
  • oligopotent
  • omnipotent
  • pluripotent
  • totipotent
  • unipotent
  • ventripotent

Related terms

  • potence
  • potency
  • potentate
  • potential
  • potentiality
  • potentiate
  • potenty, potente
  • cross potent

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • nettop, top ten

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [puˈten]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [poˈtent]

Adjective

potent m or f (masculine and feminine plural potents)

  1. powerful
  2. potent (capable of sexual intercourse)

Further reading

  • “potent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin potens. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poːˈtɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: po‧tent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

potent (not comparable)

  1. capable of procreation, potent (of males)

Inflection

Antonyms

  • impotent

Related terms

  • potentaat
  • potentiaal
  • potentie
  • potentieel

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈtɛnt/

Adjective

potent (strong nominative masculine singular potenter, comparative potenter, superlative am potentesten)

  1. potent

Declension

Derived terms

  • impotent
  • präpotent

Further reading

  • “potent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “potent” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Latin

Verb

pōtent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pōtō

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • potente

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potens, potentis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔːˈtɛnt/, /ˈpɔːtɛnt/

Noun

potent (plural potentes)

  1. (chiefly Late Middle English) staff, crutch

Descendants

  • English: potent

References

  • “potent(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potens, potentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poˈtent/

Adjective

potent m or n (feminine singular potentă, masculine plural potenți, feminine and neuter plural potente)

  1. (literary) potent, strong, vigorous, virile

Declension

Related terms

  • puternic
  • potență
  • putință
  • putea
  • putere

Swedish

Adjective

potent

  1. potent (capable of sexual intercourse)
  2. potent (powerfully effective)

Declension

Related terms

  • potens
  • potential

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org