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Is torment a Scrabble word?

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

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Is torment a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is torment a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

TORMENT,

6-letter words (4 found)

MENTOR,MONTRE,ROTTEN,TORTEN,

5-letter words (19 found)

ENORM,MENTO,METRO,MONER,MONTE,MORNE,MOTEN,MOTET,MOTTE,NOTER,OTTER,RONTE,ROTTE,TENOR,TONER,TORTE,TOTEM,TOTER,TRONE,

4-letter words (34 found)

MENO,MENT,MOER,MORE,MORN,MORT,MOTE,MOTT,NETT,NOME,NORM,NOTE,NOTT,OMEN,OMER,ONER,RENO,RENT,RONE,RONT,ROTE,TENT,TERM,TERN,TOME,TONE,TORE,TORN,TORT,TOTE,TREM,TRET,TRON,TROT,

3-letter words (31 found)

EMO,EON,ERM,ERN,MEN,MET,MOE,MON,MOR,MOT,NET,NOM,NOR,NOT,ONE,ORE,ORT,REM,REN,REO,RET,ROE,ROM,ROT,TEN,TET,TOE,TOM,TON,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (15 found)

EM,EN,ER,ET,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OM,ON,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 105 words from torment according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of torment

torment

Etymology

From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mɛnt/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)mənt/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
    • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

torment (countable and uncountable, plural torments)

  1. (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
  2. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
  3. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:pain

Derived terms

  • tormentous

Translations

Verb

torment (third-person singular simple present torments, present participle tormenting, simple past and past participle tormented)

  1. (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

Derived terms

  • tormentor

Translations

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.

Noun

torment (plural torments)

  1. torment (suffering, pain)

Descendants

  • English: torment

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • tourment

Etymology

From Old French torment, from Latin tormentum.

Noun

torment m (plural torments)

  1. torment; suffering; anguish

Old French

Alternative forms

  • turment

Etymology

From Latin tormentum.

Noun

torment oblique singular, m (oblique plural tormenz or tormentz, nominative singular tormenz or tormentz, nominative plural torment)

  1. torture
  2. (figuratively, by extension) suffering; torment

Descendants

  • Middle English: torment (borrowing)
    • English: torment
  • Middle French: torment, tourment
    • French: tourment

References

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

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tormentum.

Noun

torment m (nominative singular torments)

  1. suffering; torment

Descendants

  • Occitan: torment

Source: wiktionary.org