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Is socket a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word socket is a Scrabble US word. The word socket is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1O1C3K5E1T1

Is socket a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word socket is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1O1C3K5E1T1

Is socket a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word socket is a Words With Friends word. The word socket is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1O1C4K5E1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

SOCKET,

5-letter words (10 found)

COKES,COSET,COSTE,COTES,ESCOT,ESTOC,STOCK,STOKE,TOCKS,TOKES,

4-letter words (24 found)

COKE,COSE,COST,COTE,COTS,ECOS,KEST,KETO,KETS,OKES,SCOT,SECO,SECT,SEKT,SKEO,SKET,SOCK,SOKE,TECS,TOCK,TOCS,TOES,TOKE,TOSE,

3-letter words (18 found)

COS,COT,ECO,EST,KET,KOS,OES,OKE,OSE,SEC,SET,SOC,SOT,TEC,TES,TOC,TOE,TSK,

2-letter words (10 found)

ES,ET,KO,OE,OK,OS,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 64 words from socket according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of socket

socket

Etymology

From Middle English socket, soket, from Anglo-Norman soket (“spearhead”), diminutive of Old French soc (“plowshare”), from Vulgar Latin *soccus, a word borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos (compare modern Welsh swch (“plowshare”)), literally "pig's snout", from Proto-Indo-European *suH-.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒkɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑkɪt/
  • Hyphenation: sock‧et
  • Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Noun

socket (plural sockets)

  1. (mechanics) An opening into which a plug or other connecting part is designed to fit (e.g. a light bulb socket).
    Synonym: jack
  2. (anatomy) A hollow into a bone which a part fits, such as an eye, or another bone, in the case of a joint.
  3. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way communication link, used for interprocess communication across a network.
  4. (computing) One endpoint of a two-way named pipe on Unix and Unix-like systems, used for interprocess communication.
  5. A hollow tool for grasping and lifting tools dropped in a well-boring.
  6. The hollow of a candlestick.
  7. A steel apparatus attached to a saddle to protect the thighs and legs.

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See also

  • WebSocket
  • outlet

Verb

socket (third-person singular simple present sockets, present participle socketing, simple past and past participle socketed)

  1. To place or fit in a socket.

References

  • “socket”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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