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Is vitriol a Scrabble word?

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

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Is vitriol a Scrabble UK word?

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

V4I1T1R1I1O1L1

Is vitriol a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word vitriol is a Words With Friends word. The word vitriol is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

VITRIOL,

5-letter words (6 found)

LIROT,LIVOR,TORII,TRIOL,VITRO,VOLTI,

4-letter words (18 found)

LIRI,LOIR,LOTI,RIOT,RIVO,ROIL,ROTI,ROTL,TIRL,TIRO,TOIL,TORI,TRIO,VIOL,VIRL,VOLT,VRIL,VROT,

3-letter words (11 found)

LIT,LOR,LOT,OIL,ORT,RIT,ROT,TIL,TOR,VOL,VOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

IO,IT,LI,LO,OI,OR,TI,TO,

You can make 44 words from vitriol according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vitriol

vitriol

Etymology

From Middle English vitriol, from Old French vitriol, from Medieval Latin vitriolum (“sulphuric acid”), from vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪtɹiəl/, /ˈvɪtɹiɑl/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈvɪtɹiɒl/, /ˈvɪtɹiəl/

Noun

vitriol (countable and uncountable, plural vitriols)

  1. (dated) Any of various metal sulphates.
  2. (dated) Oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid).
  4. (by extension) Bitterly abusive language.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: vitrial

Translations

Verb

vitriol (third-person singular simple present vitriols, present participle vitrioling or vitriolling, simple past and past participle vitrioled or vitriolled)

  1. (transitive) To subject to bitter verbal abuse.
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) To dip in dilute sulphuric acid; to pickle.
  3. (transitive, colloquial) To vitriolize.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vitriolum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.tʁi.jɔl/

Noun

vitriol m (plural vitriols)

  1. vitriol (all senses)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitriol.

Noun

vitriol n (plural vitrioluri)

  1. vitriol

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org