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Is serpent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word serpent is a Scrabble US word. The word serpent is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is serpent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word serpent is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is serpent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word serpent is a Words With Friends word. The word serpent is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

PENSTER,PRESENT,REPENTS,SERPENT,

6-letter words (18 found)

ENTERS,NEPERS,NESTER,PESTER,PETERS,PETRES,PREENS,PRENTS,PRESET,RENEST,RENTES,REPENT,RESENT,SPRENT,STRENE,TENSER,TERNES,TREENS,

5-letter words (50 found)

ENTER,ERNES,ESTER,ETENS,NEEPS,NEPER,NERTS,NETES,PEENS,PEERS,PENES,PENTS,PERES,PERNS,PERSE,PERST,PERTS,PETER,PETRE,PREEN,PREES,PRENT,PRESE,PREST,REENS,REEST,RENTE,RENTS,RESET,SENTE,SNEER,SPEER,SPENT,SPREE,STEEN,STEEP,STEER,STERE,STERN,STREP,TEENS,TEERS,TENES,TENSE,TERES,TERNE,TERNS,TERSE,TREEN,TREES,

4-letter words (52 found)

ENES,ENTS,ERES,ERNE,ERNS,ERST,ESNE,ETEN,NEEP,NEPS,NEST,NETE,NETS,PEEN,PEER,PEES,PENE,PENS,PENT,PERE,PERN,PERT,PEST,PETS,PREE,REEN,REES,RENS,RENT,REPS,REST,RETE,RETS,SEEN,SEEP,SEER,SENE,SENT,SEPT,SERE,SNEE,SPET,STEN,STEP,TEEN,TEER,TEES,TENE,TENS,TERN,TREE,TRES,

3-letter words (29 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,ERE,ERN,ERS,EST,NEE,NEP,NET,PEE,PEN,PER,PES,PET,PRE,PST,REE,REN,REP,RES,RET,SEE,SEN,SER,SET,TEE,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EN,ER,ES,ET,NE,PE,RE,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 164 words from serpent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of serpent

serpent

Etymology

From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder.

Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as English serpent.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːpənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝpənt/
  • Hyphenation: ser‧pent

Noun

serpent (plural serpents)

  1. (now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
  2. (figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
  3. (music) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).
  4. A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

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Verb

serpent (third-person singular simple present serpents, present participle serpenting, simple past and past participle serpented)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To wind or meander
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To encircle.

See also

  • herpetology
  • lizard
  • reptile
  • snake

Anagrams

  • penster, present, repents, respent

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin serpentem, from serpō (“crawl, creep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [sərˈpen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [sərˈpent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [seɾˈpent]

Noun

serpent m or f (plural serpents)

  1. snake
    Synonym: serp

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛrˈpɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: ser‧pent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

serpent n or f or m (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

  1. (formal, dated) snake
    Synonym: slang
  2. (formal) serpent, serpentine dragon, large snake
    Synonym: slang
  3. an unpleasant, spiteful or foulmouthed person, especially used of women
    Synonym: slang

Noun

serpent f (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

  1. (music) serpent (wind instrument)

Descendants

  • → West Frisian: serpint

Anagrams

  • persten, strepen

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French serpent, from Old French serpent, from Latin serpentem, accusative form of serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛʁ.pɑ̃/

Noun

serpent m (plural serpents, feminine serpente)

  1. snake

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “serpent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • présent

Latin

Verb

serpent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of serpō

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French serpent, from Latin serpentem, accusative singular form of serpēns.

Noun

serpent m (plural serpenz)

  1. snake

Descendants

  • French: serpent

Old French

Etymology

From Latin serpēns, serpentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /serˈpẽnt/, (later) /serˈpãnt/

Noun

serpent oblique singular, m (oblique plural serpenz or serpentz, nominative singular serpenz or serpentz, nominative plural serpent)

  1. snake

Descendants

  • Middle French: serpent
    • French: serpent
  • Walloon: sierpint
  • → Middle English: serpent
    • English: serpent
  • → Dutch: serpent

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French serpent or English serpent.

Noun

serpent n (plural serpente)

  1. (music) serpent

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • serpaint (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin serpēns, serpentem.

Noun

serpent m (plural serpents)

  1. (Surmiran) snake

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) serp
  • (Sursilvan) siarp
  • (Sutsilvan) zearp
  • (Surmiran) zerp

Source: wiktionary.org