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Is riot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word riot is a Scrabble US word. The word riot is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is riot a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word riot is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

RIOT,ROTI,TIRO,TORI,TRIO,

3-letter words (4 found)

ORT,RIT,ROT,TOR,

2-letter words (6 found)

IO,IT,OI,OR,TI,TO,

You can make 15 words from riot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of riot

riot

English

Etymology

From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“I roar”).

Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.ət/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.ɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪət
  • Homophone: ryot

Noun

riot (countable and uncountable, plural riots)

  1. A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
  2. (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
  3. (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
  4. Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
  5. (obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

riot (third-person singular simple present riots, present participle rioting, simple past and past participle rioted)

  1. (intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
  3. (transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
  4. (transitive) To annoy.

Translations

Further reading

  • James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Riot”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Tori, Troi, roti, tiro, tori, trio

Classical Gaelic

Pronoun

riot

  1. second-person singular of re

Irish

Pronoun

riot (emphatic riotsa)

  1. (obsolete) second-person singular of re

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman riot, riote, of unknown origin.

Alternative forms

  • riaut, riote, ryot, ryote
  • ryat, ryaute, ryette, ryott, ryotte, ryout (Late Middle English)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːˈɔːt/, /riːˈuːt/, /ˈriːut/, /ˈriːat/, /ˈriːət/

Noun

riot (plural riotes)

  1. A riot or uprising; a disturbance of the peace.
  2. Riotousness, disturbance; lack of peaceableness.
  3. Debauched living; dissipation or decadence:
    1. An instance of debauchery or decadence.
    2. Excessive and wild feasting or festivity; revelry.
  4. (hunting) A situation where a hound is misled by scents other than the quarry.
  5. (rare) A folk proverb.
  6. (rare) A group of decadent individuals.
Related terms
  • rioten
  • riotour
  • riotous
Descendants
  • English: riot
  • Scots: royet, royt
References
  • “rīot(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

riot

  1. alternative form of rioten

Source: wiktionary.org