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Is response a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word response is a Scrabble US word. The word response is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is response a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word response is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is response a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word response is a Words With Friends word. The word response is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

RESPONSE,

7-letter words (8 found)

OPENERS,PEREONS,PERONES,PERSONS,REOPENS,REPONES,REPOSES,SENORES,

6-letter words (33 found)

ENOSES,EPOSES,EROSES,NEPERS,NOESES,NOSERS,OPENER,PEONES,PEREON,PERONE,PERSES,PERSON,POSERS,POSSER,PREENS,PREONS,PRESES,PRONES,PROSES,REOPEN,REPONE,REPOSE,SENORS,SENSOR,SERONS,SNEERS,SNORES,SOREES,SPEERS,SPENSE,SPERSE,SPORES,SPREES,

5-letter words (59 found)

ERNES,EROSE,ERSES,ESNES,NEEPS,NEPER,NOSER,NOSES,ONERS,OPENS,PEENS,PEERS,PENES,PEONS,PERES,PERNS,PERSE,PESOS,PONES,PORES,PORNS,POSER,POSES,POSSE,PREEN,PREES,PREON,PRESE,PRESS,PRONE,PROSE,PROSS,REENS,RENOS,REPOS,RESES,RONES,ROPES,ROSES,SEEPS,SEERS,SENES,SENOR,SENSE,SERES,SERON,SNEER,SNEES,SNOEP,SNORE,SONES,SONSE,SOREE,SORES,SORNS,SPEER,SPEOS,SPORE,SPREE,

4-letter words (66 found)

ENES,EONS,EPOS,ERES,ERNE,ERNS,EROS,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,NEEP,NEPS,NESS,NOES,NOPE,NOSE,ONER,ONES,OPEN,OPES,ORES,OSES,PEEN,PEER,PEES,PENE,PENS,PEON,PERE,PERN,PESO,PONE,PONS,PORE,PORN,POSE,POSS,PREE,PROS,REEN,REES,RENO,RENS,REOS,REPO,REPS,ROES,RONE,ROPE,ROSE,SEEN,SEEP,SEER,SEES,SENE,SENS,SEPS,SERE,SERS,SESE,SNEE,SONE,SONS,SOPS,SORE,SORN,

3-letter words (39 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,EON,ERE,ERN,ERS,ESS,NEE,NEP,NOR,NOS,OES,ONE,ONS,OPE,OPS,ORE,ORS,OSE,PEE,PEN,PER,PES,POS,PRE,PRO,REE,REN,REO,REP,RES,ROE,SEE,SEN,SER,SON,SOP,SOS,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,EN,ER,ES,NE,NO,OE,ON,OP,OR,OS,PE,PO,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 222 words from response according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of response

response

Etymology

From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspɒns/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspɑns/
  • Rhymes: -ɒns

Noun

response (plural responses)

  2. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
  4. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
  5. An oracular answer.
  6. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
  7. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
  8. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
  9. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
  10. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

Synonyms

  • reaction

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Translations

References

  • “response”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

respōnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of respōnsus

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French response.

Noun

response f (plural responses)

  1. response

Descendants

  • French: réponse

Old French

Alternative forms

  • responce
  • respounce (Anglo-Norman)
  • respounse (Anglo-Norman)
  • respunse (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Variant of the masculine noun respons (also used as the past participle of respondre), itself a semi-learned word derived from Latin responsus.

Noun

response oblique singular, f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)

  1. response

Descendants

  • → English: response
  • French: réponse

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (response, supplement)
  • respuns on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the feminine noun repunse under the masculine noun respuns)

Spanish

Verb

response

  1. inflection of responsar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org