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Is surfeit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word surfeit is a Scrabble US word. The word surfeit is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1U1R1F4E1I1T1

Is surfeit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word surfeit is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

FUSTIER,SURFEIT,

6-letter words (12 found)

FREITS,FRITES,FRUITS,FURIES,REFITS,RESIFT,RIFEST,SIFTER,STRIFE,SUITER,SURFIE,URITES,

5-letter words (37 found)

ETUIS,FEIST,FETUS,FIERS,FIEST,FIRES,FIRST,FREIT,FRETS,FRIES,FRISE,FRIST,FRITS,FRUIT,FRUST,REFIS,REFIT,REIFS,REIST,RESIT,RIFTE,RIFTS,RITES,SERIF,SIEUR,STIRE,STURE,SUITE,TERFS,TIERS,TIRES,TREIF,TRIES,TRUES,TURFS,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (65 found)

EFTS,ERST,ETUI,FEIS,FEST,FETS,FEUS,FIER,FIRE,FIRS,FIST,FITS,FRET,FRIS,FRIT,FURS,FUSE,FUST,IRES,IURE,REFI,REFS,REFT,REIF,REIS,REST,RETS,RIFE,RIFS,RIFT,RISE,RITE,RITS,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SEIF,SEIR,SERF,SIFT,SIRE,SITE,STIE,STIR,SUER,SUET,SUIT,SURE,SURF,TEFS,TERF,TIER,TIES,TIRE,TREF,TRES,TRIE,TRUE,TUIS,TURF,URES,USER,UTES,UTIS,

3-letter words (43 found)

EFS,EFT,ERF,ERS,EST,FER,FES,FET,FEU,FIE,FIR,FIT,FUR,IFS,IRE,ITS,REF,REI,RES,RET,RIF,RIT,RUE,RUT,SEI,SER,SET,SIF,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,TEF,TES,TIE,TIS,TUI,URE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (17 found)

EF,ER,ES,ET,FE,FU,IF,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 177 words from surfeit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of surfeit

surfeit

Etymology

From Middle English surfeite, surfet, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman surfet, surfeit and Old French sorfet, sorfait, past participle of surfaire (“to augment, exaggerate, exceed”), from sur- (“over”) + faire (“to do”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.fɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝː.fɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fɪt

Noun

surfeit (countable and uncountable, plural surfeits)

  1. (countable) An excessive amount of something.
  2. (uncountable) Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.
  3. (countable) A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.
  4. Disgust caused by excess; satiety.
  5. (countable) A group of skunks.

Synonyms

  • (excessive amount of something): excess, glut, overabundance, superfluity, surplus, ug
  • (overindulgence in food or drink): gluttony, overeating, overindulgence
  • (disgust caused by excess): nausea

Derived terms

  • surfeit water

Translations

Verb

surfeit (third-person singular simple present surfeits, present participle surfeiting, simple past and past participle surfeited)

  1. (transitive) To fill (something) to excess.
    Synonym: stuff
  2. (transitive) To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something).
    Synonyms: glut, overfeed, stuff
  3. (transitive) To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption.
  4. (transitive, figurative) To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance.
    Synonyms: cloy, glut
    • 1697, Aphra Behn, “On an ungrateful and undeserving Mistress, whom he cou’d not help Loving” in Poems upon Several Occasions, London: Francis Saunders, p. 50,[9]
      While some glad Rival in her Arms did lye,
      Glutted with Love and surfeited with Joy.
  5. (transitive) To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively).
    Synonym: glut
  6. (intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).
    Synonyms: glut, indulge, overfeed, overindulge
  7. (intransitive, reflexive, figurative) To indulge (in something) to excess.
  8. (intransitive, reflexive) To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively).

Derived terms

  • surfeiter

Translations

Related terms

  • surfeiting
  • surfeitly
  • surfeitness
  • surfeitous

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • fustier

Source: wiktionary.org