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Is sortes a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sortes is a Scrabble US word. The word sortes is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1O1R1T1E1S1

Is sortes a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sortes is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1O1R1T1E1S1

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6-letter words (9 found)

ESTROS,RESTOS,ROSETS,SOREST,SORTES,STORES,TORSES,TOSSER,TSORES,

5-letter words (14 found)

ESTRO,RESTO,RESTS,ROSES,ROSET,ROSTS,ROTES,SORES,SORTS,STORE,TORES,TORSE,TOSES,TRESS,

4-letter words (25 found)

EROS,ERST,ESTS,ORES,ORTS,OSES,REOS,REST,RETS,ROES,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SERS,SETS,SORE,SORT,SOTS,TOES,TORE,TORS,TOSE,TOSS,TRES,

3-letter words (20 found)

ERS,ESS,EST,OES,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,REO,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,SER,SET,SOS,SOT,TES,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from sortes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sortes

sortes

Etymology

From Latin plural of sors (“lot, fate, oracular response”).

Noun

sortes pl (plural only)

  1. divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.

Derived terms

  • sortes Biblicae
  • sortes Homericae
  • sortes Virgilianae

Anagrams

  • RTOSes, Restos, Sostre, restos, retoss, rosest, rosets, sorest, stores, torses, tosser, tsores

French

Noun

sortes f

  1. plural of sorte

Verb

sortes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of sortir

Anagrams

  • restos, stores

Latin

Noun

sortēs f

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sors

References

  • “sortes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sortes”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

sortes

  1. plural of sorte

Source: wiktionary.org