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Is tempt a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tempt a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is tempt a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

TEMPT,

4-letter words (2 found)

EMPT,TEMP,

3-letter words (3 found)

MET,PET,TET,

2-letter words (5 found)

EM,ET,ME,PE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from tempt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tempt

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Definitions and meaning of tempt

tempt

Etymology

From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (“to handle, touch, try, test, tempt”), frequentative of tendere (“to stretch”). Displaced native English costning (“temptation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /tɛmpt/, /tɛmt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpt, -ɛmt

Verb

tempt (third-person singular simple present tempts, present participle tempting, simple past and past participle tempted)

  1. (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
  2. (transitive) To attract; to allure.
  3. (transitive) To provoke something; to court.

Synonyms

  • (provoke someone to do wrong): entice, fand, lure, pander, tease
  • (attract; allure): beguile, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure
  • (provoke something): foment, urge; see also Thesaurus:incite

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Further reading

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

Latvian

Verb

tempt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present tempju, temp, tempj, past tempu)

  1. to gulp
  2. to swill
  3. to quaff

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