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Is spot a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (6 found)

OPTS,POST,POTS,SPOT,STOP,TOPS,

3-letter words (8 found)

OPS,OPT,POS,POT,PST,SOP,SOT,TOP,

2-letter words (6 found)

OP,OS,PO,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 20 words from spot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of spot

spot psot sopt ospt post opst spto psto stpo tspo ptso tpso sotp ostp stop tsop otsp tosp pots opts ptos tpos otps tops

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Definitions and meaning of spot

spot

Etymology

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /spɒt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt
  • (US) IPA(key): /spɑt/

Noun

spot (plural spots)

  1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
  2. A stain or disfiguring mark.
  3. A pimple, papule or pustule.
  4. A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
  6. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
  7. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
  8. A location or area.
  9. A parking space.
  10. (sports) An official determination of placement.
  11. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  12. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  13. A difficult situation.
    Synonyms: predicament; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation
  14. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
  15. (soccer) Penalty spot.
  16. The act of spotting or noticing something.
  17. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
  18. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
  19. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
  20. (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
  21. (physics) An autosoliton.
  22. (finance) A decimal point; point.
    Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. ― £12.25
  23. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
  24. Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

Hyponyms

  • sitspot
  • shot spot
  • sweet spot

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: espot

Translations

Verb

spot (third-person singular simple present spots, present participle spotting, simple past and past participle spotted)

  1. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
  2. (US, slang, ditransitive) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
  4. (transitive) To cover with spots, to speckle.
  5. (transitive) To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  6. (transitive) To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
  7. (transitive, gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
  8. (transitive, dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  9. (transitive) To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  10. (transitive) To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
  11. (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
  12. (aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
  13. (rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

spot (not comparable)

  1. (commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.

Translations

Anagrams

  • OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, stop, tops

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsb̥ʌd̥]

Etymology 1

From the verb spotte (“to mock”). Compare Old Norse spottr, German Spott.

Noun

spot c (singular definite spotten, not used in plural form)

  1. mockery, ridicule
Declension

Etymology 2

From English spot.

Noun

spot c or n (singular definite spotten or spottet, plural indefinite spot or spots)

  1. spotlight
    • 1982, Lene H. Bagger, Idioterne, p. 179
  2. spot (short advertisement in radio or TV)
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spot

  1. imperative of spotte

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spot, from Old Dutch *spot, from Proto-Germanic *spuþþaz.

Noun

spot m (uncountable)

  1. mockery
    Synonyms: spotternij, plagerij, pesterij
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: spot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English spot.

Noun

spot m (plural spots, diminutive spotje n)

  1. spot; a spotlight.
  2. spot; a brief segment on television.

Anagrams

  • post, stop

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔt/

Noun

spot m (plural spots)

  1. (physics) light spot
  2. blip (on radar)
  3. (cinematography, theater) spotlight, spot
  4. (surfing) area
  5. (television) spot; a brief segment on television

Further reading

  • “spot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • post, pots, stop, tops

Indonesian

Etymology

From English spot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspɔt]
  • Hyphenation: spot

Noun

spot

  1. (colloquial) spot, a location or area.

Further reading

  • “spot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English spot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • Hyphenation: spòt

Noun

spot m (invariable)

  1. spot (theatrical light; luminous point; brief radio or TV advertisment)

Further reading

  • spot in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • post, post-, stop

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *spot, from Proto-Germanic *sputtaz.

Noun

spot m or n

  1. joke, jest
  2. mockery, derision

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • spotten

Descendants

  • Dutch: spot

Further reading

  • “spot”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spot”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old High German

Etymology

Compare Dutch spot. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

spot m

  1. mockery

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: spot
    • German: Spott

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • Syllabification: spot
  • Homophone: spod

Noun

spot m inan

  1. (radio) spot (short, usually 30-second, piece of advertising material that is aired either in between or during broadcasts)
  2. (television) spot (short commercial shown in between or during TV broadcasts)

Declension

Further reading

  • spot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

spot m (genitive singular spoit, plural spotan)

  1. spot, stain
  2. spot, place

Synonyms

  • (place): bad

Derived terms

  • spot dall

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spot.

Noun

spot m (plural spots)

  1. advert, ad

Further reading

  • “spot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sport.

Noun

spot

  1. sport

Volapük

Noun

spot (nominative plural spots)

  1. sport

Declension


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