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Is solicit a Scrabble word?

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

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Is solicit a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1O1L1I1C3I1T1

Is solicit a Words With Friends word?

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

S1O1L2I1C4I1T1

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7-letter words (2 found)

COLITIS,SOLICIT,

5-letter words (10 found)

CLITS,CLOTS,COILS,COITS,COLTS,LICIT,LOCIS,LOTIC,STOIC,TOILS,

4-letter words (31 found)

CIST,CITO,CITS,CLIT,CLOT,COIL,COIT,COLS,COLT,COST,COTS,ISIT,LIST,LITS,LOCI,LOST,LOTI,LOTS,OILS,OTIC,SCOT,SILO,SILT,SLIT,SLOT,SOIL,SOLI,TICS,TILS,TOCS,TOIL,

3-letter words (23 found)

CIS,CIT,COL,COS,COT,IOS,ISO,ITS,LIS,LIT,LOS,LOT,OIL,OIS,SIC,SIT,SOC,SOL,SOT,TIC,TIL,TIS,TOC,

2-letter words (12 found)

IO,IS,IT,LI,LO,OI,OS,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 78 words from solicit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of solicit

solicit

Alternative forms

  • sollicit (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, from the present active participle of Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sə-lĭs'ĭt, IPA(key): /səˈlɪsɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Verb

solicit (third-person singular simple present solicits, present participle soliciting, simple past and past participle solicited)

  1. (transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
    Synonyms: supplicate, thig
  2. (transitive) To woo; to court.
    Synonyms: address, romance
  3. (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
    • , Book II, Chapter 1
      Sounds and some tangible qualities fail not to solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.
    If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.
  4. (transitive) To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
    My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.
  5. To make a petition.
    Synonyms: appeal, request
  6. (archaic, transitive) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
  7. (transitive) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
    Synonym: plead
  8. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disturb; to disquiet.
    Synonym: worry
    • 1611-1615, George Chapman, Iliad, Book XVI
      Hath any ill solicited thine ears?

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Further reading

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

Noun

solicit

  1. (archaic) solicitation

Anagrams

  • colitis

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