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Is poverty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word poverty is a Scrabble US word. The word poverty is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

P3O1V4E1R1T1Y4

Is poverty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word poverty is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

P3O1V4E1R1T1Y4

Is poverty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word poverty is a Words With Friends word. The word poverty is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1V5E1R1T1Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

POVERTY,

6-letter words (1 found)

POETRY,

5-letter words (14 found)

OPTER,OVERT,PERVO,PERVY,PORTY,PROVE,REPOT,ROPEY,TEPOY,TOPER,TOYER,TROPE,TROVE,VOTER,

4-letter words (43 found)

EYOT,OVER,OYER,PERT,PERV,POET,PORE,PORT,PORY,POTE,PREY,PYET,PYOT,PYRE,PYRO,REPO,ROPE,ROPY,ROTE,ROVE,RYOT,RYPE,TOEY,TOPE,TORE,TORY,TREY,TROP,TROY,TRYE,TRYP,TYER,TYPE,TYPO,TYRE,TYRO,VERT,VERY,VETO,VOTE,VROT,YORE,YORP,

3-letter words (32 found)

EVO,OPE,OPT,ORE,ORT,OYE,PER,PET,POT,PRE,PRO,PRY,PYE,REO,REP,RET,REV,ROE,ROT,RYE,TOE,TOP,TOR,TOY,TRY,TYE,VET,VOE,VOR,YEP,YER,YET,

2-letter words (13 found)

ER,ET,OE,OP,OR,OY,PE,PO,RE,TE,TO,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 105 words from poverty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of poverty

poverty

Etymology

From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒvəti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːvɚti/

Noun

poverty (usually uncountable, plural poverties)

  1. The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
    get into poverty
    get out of poverty
    escape from poverty
  2. A deficiency of something needed or desired

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:poverty

Antonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

Related terms

  • impoverish
  • poor
  • poorness

Translations

See also

  • aporophobia

References

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

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