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Yes. The word torpor is a Scrabble US word. The word torpor is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is torpor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word torpor is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

TORPOR,

5-letter words (4 found)

POORT,PROTO,ROTOR,TROOP,

4-letter words (12 found)

POOR,POOT,PORT,PROO,ROOP,ROOT,RORT,ROTO,TOPO,TORO,TORR,TROP,

3-letter words (13 found)

OOP,OOR,OOT,OPT,ORT,POO,POT,PRO,ROO,ROT,TOO,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (5 found)

OO,OP,OR,PO,TO,

You can make 35 words from torpor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of torpor

torpor

Alternative forms

  • torpour

Etymology

From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“I am numb”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹpɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)

Noun

torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)

  1. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
  2. A state of apathy or lethargy.
    Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness, languor, torpidity
  3. (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
    Coordinate terms: hibernation, aestivation, cold sleep, hypersleep, suspended animation

Derived terms

  • daily torpor
  • torporific

Related terms

  • torpidity
  • torpid
  • torpidness
  • torpedo

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From torpeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.por/, [ˈt̪ɔrpɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtor.por/, [ˈt̪ɔrpor]

Noun

torpor m (genitive torpōris); third declension

  1. numbness, stupefaction
  2. sluggishness, listlessness, inactivity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • → English: torpor
  • → French: torpeur
  • → Italian: torpore
  • → Portuguese: torpor
  • → Spanish: torpor

References

  • “torpor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “torpor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torpor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tor‧por

Noun

torpor m (plural torpores)

  1. torpor (state of being inactive or stuporous)

Source: wiktionary.org