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Is remote a Scrabble word?

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

R1E1M3O1T1E1

Is remote a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1M3O1T1E1

Is remote a Words With Friends word?

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

R1E1M4O1T1E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

EMOTER,METEOR,REMOTE,

5-letter words (6 found)

EMOTE,METER,METRE,METRO,REMET,RETEM,

4-letter words (19 found)

MEER,MEET,MERE,METE,MOER,MORE,MORT,MOTE,OMER,RETE,ROTE,TEEM,TEER,TEME,TERM,TOME,TORE,TREE,TREM,

3-letter words (22 found)

EME,EMO,ERE,ERM,MEE,MET,MOE,MOR,MOT,ORE,ORT,REE,REM,REO,RET,ROE,ROM,ROT,TEE,TOE,TOM,TOR,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EM,ER,ET,ME,MO,OE,OM,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 63 words from remote according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of remote

remote

Etymology

From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [ɹɪˈməʊt], [ˌɹiːˈməʊt], [ɹəˈməʊt]
  • (US) IPA(key): [ɹɪˈmoʊt]
  • Rhymes: -əʊt

Adjective

remote (comparative more remote or remoter, superlative most remote or remotest)

  1. At a distance; disconnected.
  2. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
  3. (especially with respect to likelihood) Slight.
  4. Emotionally detached.

Synonyms

  • (at a distance): disconnected, hands-free, wireless
  • (distant or otherwise inaccessible): far, hidden, outlying; see also Thesaurus:distant
  • (slight): faint
  • (emotionally detached): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "at a distance"): attached, connected, contiguous, direct; presential
  • (antonym(s) of "distant or otherwise inaccessible"): close, near, proximate; see also Thesaurus:near
  • (antonym(s) of "slight"): considerable, great, reasonable, sure
  • (antonym(s) of "emotionally detached"): companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

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Noun

remote (plural remotes)

  1. Ellipsis of remote control.
  2. (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
  3. (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.

Synonyms

  • (remote control): buttons, clicker, zapper

Translations

Verb

remote (third-person singular simple present remotes, present participle remoting, simple past and past participle remoted)

  1. (computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • -ometer, emoter, meteor, ometer

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈmɔ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɔte
  • Hyphenation: re‧mò‧te

Adjective

remote f pl

  1. feminine plural of remoto

Anagrams

  • temerò, temore

Latin

Adjective

remōte

  1. vocative masculine singular of remōtus

References

  • “remote”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “remote”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • remote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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