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Is sloth a Scrabble word?

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

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Is sloth a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1L1O1T1H4

Is sloth a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sloth is a Words With Friends word. The word sloth is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

HOLTS,SLOTH,

4-letter words (12 found)

HOLS,HOLT,HOST,HOTS,LOSH,LOST,LOTH,LOTS,SHOT,SLOT,SOTH,TOSH,

3-letter words (10 found)

HOS,HOT,LOS,LOT,OHS,SHO,SOH,SOL,SOT,THO,

2-letter words (8 found)

HO,LO,OH,OS,SH,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 32 words from sloth according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sloth

sloth lsoth solth oslth losth olsth sltoh lstoh stloh tsloh ltsoh tlsoh sotlh ostlh stolh tsolh otslh toslh lotsh oltsh ltosh tlosh otlsh tolsh sloht lsoht solht oslht losht olsht slhot lshot shlot hslot lhsot hlsot sohlt oshlt sholt hsolt ohslt hoslt lohst olhst lhost hlost ohlst holst sltho lstho stlho tslho ltsho tlsho slhto lshto shlto hslto lhsto hlsto sthlo tshlo shtlo hstlo thslo htslo lthso tlhso lhtso hltso thlso htlso sothl osthl stohl tsohl otshl toshl sohtl oshtl shotl hsotl ohstl hostl sthol tshol shtol hstol thsol htsol othsl tohsl ohtsl hotsl thosl htosl loths olths ltohs tlohs otlhs tolhs lohts olhts lhots hlots ohlts holts lthos tlhos lhtos hltos thlos htlos othls tohls ohtls hotls thols htols

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sloth. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sloth.

Definitions and meaning of sloth

sloth

Alternative forms

  • sleuth (obsolete except for a group of bears)
  • sloath, slowth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sləʊθ/, /slɒθ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /slɔθ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /slɑθ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /slɒθ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊθ, -ɒθ

Noun

sloth (countable and uncountable, plural sloths)

  1. (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
  2. (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
  3. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

Usage notes

Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

Synonyms

  • (animal): tardigrade

Antonyms

  • diligence

Hyponyms

  • (animal): two-toed sloth, three-toed sloth, Australian sloth, ground sloth, pale-throated sloth

Derived terms

Related terms

  • slowth

Translations

Verb

sloth (third-person singular simple present sloths, present participle slothing, simple past and past participle slothed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Holts, Loths, holts, loths

Source: wiktionary.org