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Is zealot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zealot is a Scrabble US word. The word zealot is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

Z10E1A1L1O1T1

Is zealot a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zealot is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

Z10E1A1L1O1T1

Is zealot a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zealot is a Words With Friends word. The word zealot is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Z10E1A1L2O1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

ZEALOT,

5-letter words (5 found)

AZOLE,AZOTE,TOAZE,ZLOTE,ZOEAL,

4-letter words (20 found)

ALOE,ALTO,LATE,LAZE,LAZO,LEAT,LOTA,LOTE,OLEA,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,TOZE,ZEAL,ZETA,ZOEA,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALT,ATE,AZO,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LEA,LET,LEZ,LOT,OAT,OLE,TAE,TAO,TEA,TEL,TOE,ZEA,ZEL,ZOA,ZOL,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,LO,OE,TA,TE,TO,ZA,ZE,ZO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from zealot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of zealot

zealot

Etymology

Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from Latin zēlōtēs, from Ancient Greek ζηλωτής (zēlōtḗs, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower”), from ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ζηλόω (zēlóō, “to emulate, to be jealous”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛl.ət/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlət
  • Hyphenation: zeal‧ot

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

  1. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.
  2. (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
  3. (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Quotations

  • 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura

Synonyms

  • enthusiast
  • fanatic

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Anagrams

  • Laotze

Source: wiktionary.org