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litotes

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Is litotes a Scrabble word?

Yes, litotes is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of litotes?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.Examples: "The delicacy which prompts a later generation to reject that name is by no means necessarily a result of stricter habits, is far more often due to the flatness which comes of untiring repetition and to the greater piquancy of litotes."Synonyms: antenantiosis, meiosis, moderatourAntonyms: hyperbolecountablerhetoricuncountable

2. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.Synonyms: antenantiosis, meiosis, moderatourAntonyms: hyperbolecountableespeciallyrhetoricuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "litotes"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "litotes"?

Scrabble
7 points
L1
I1
T1
O1
T1
E1
S1
Words With Friends
8 points
L2
I1
T1
O1
T1
E1
S1

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