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Is spoil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spoil is a Scrabble US word. The word spoil is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is spoil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spoil is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is spoil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word spoil is a Words With Friends word. The word spoil is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

LIPOS,POLIS,SPOIL,

4-letter words (13 found)

LIPO,LIPS,LISP,LOPS,OILS,PISO,POIS,POLS,SILO,SLIP,SLOP,SOIL,SOLI,

3-letter words (17 found)

IOS,ISO,LIP,LIS,LOP,LOS,OIL,OIS,OPS,PIS,POI,POL,POS,PSI,SIP,SOL,SOP,

2-letter words (11 found)

IO,IS,LI,LO,OI,OP,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,

You can make 44 words from spoil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spoil

spoil psoil sopil ospil posil opsil spiol psiol sipol ispol pisol ipsol soipl osipl siopl isopl oispl iospl poisl opisl piosl iposl oipsl iopsl spoli psoli sopli ospli posli opsli sploi psloi slpoi lspoi plsoi lpsoi solpi oslpi slopi lsopi olspi lospi polsi oplsi plosi lposi olpsi lopsi spilo psilo siplo isplo pislo ipslo splio pslio slpio lspio plsio lpsio silpo islpo slipo lsipo ilspo lispo pilso iplso pliso lpiso ilpso lipso soilp osilp siolp isolp oislp ioslp solip oslip sloip lsoip olsip losip silop islop sliop lsiop ilsop lisop oilsp iolsp olisp loisp ilosp liosp poils opils piols ipols oipls iopls polis oplis plois lpois olpis lopis pilos iplos plios lpios ilpos lipos oilps iolps olips loips ilops liops

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Definitions and meaning of spoil

spoil

Etymology

From Middle English spoilen, spuylen, borrowed from Old French espoillier, espollier, espuler, from Latin spoliāre, present active infinitive of spoliō (“pillage, ruin, spoil”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: spoil, IPA(key): /spɔɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪl

Verb

spoil (third-person singular simple present spoils, present participle spoiling, simple past and past participle spoiled or spoilt)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil. [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.). [from 14th c.]
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal. [14th–19th c.]
  5. (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. [from 16th c.]
  6. (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
  7. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
    Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil.
  8. (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. [from 19th c.]
  9. (transitive) To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
  10. (aviation) To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler.

Synonyms

  • (ruin): damage, destroy, ruin
  • (coddle): coddle, pamper, indulge, mollycoddle

Derived terms

Related terms

  • despoil

Translations

Noun

spoil (plural spoils)

  1. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  2. (archaic) The act of taking plunder from an enemy or victim; spoliation, pillage, rapine.
  3. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else.

Synonyms

  • (plunder taken from an enemy or victim): See Thesaurus:booty
  • (material moved): gangue, slag, tailings

Derived terms

  • spoiler
  • spoil heap

Translations

See also

  • spoilage
  • spoils of war
  • spoilsport
  • spoilt
  • too many cooks spoil the broth

References

  • “spoil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • -polis, Polis, polis

Source: wiktionary.org