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Is neuter a Scrabble word?

Yes, neuter is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of neuter?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (now uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.Examples: "But if I could, by Him that gave me life, I would attach you all and make you stoop Unto the sovereign mercy of the king; But since I cannot, be it known to you I do remain as neuter."; "This is certain, that in all our Undertakings God will be either our Friend or our Enemy. For Providence never stands neuter […]"; "[A]s their firſt Security, they did all they could to foment War betwixt the neighbouring Negroes, remaining Neuter themselves, by which Means, thoſe who were overcome conſtantly fled to them for Protection, otherwiſe they must be either killed or made Slaves."Synonyms: impartial, neutral, candid, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equalnot-comparableuncommonusually

2. (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender.Examples: "a neuter noun"; "the neuter definite article"; "a neuter termination"not-comparableusually

3. (grammar) Intransitive.Examples: "a neuter verb"Synonyms: intransitivenot-comparableusually

4. (biology) Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.Examples: "[…] I should never have anticipated that natural selection could have been efficient in so high a degree, had not the case of these neuter insects convinced me of the fact."Synonyms: asexual, genderless, sexlessnot-comparableusually

5. (literary) Sexless, nonsexual.Examples: "Rich girls stayed home and got married and then "put out" occasionally, but only as their wifely duty. Prior to the sexual revolution in the 1960s southern belles were the most neuter members of the human race[.]"Synonyms: asexual, platonic, unsexualliterarynot-comparableusually

6. (of an animal) Castrated; having had the reproductive organs removed.Synonyms: fixed, gelded, neutered, spayednot-comparableusually

noun (English)

1. (biology) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; especially, one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

2. (uncommon, sometimes offensive) One who has been neutered; eunuch.Examples: "the information i acquire may help me finalize my decision to become a neuter. let me say that castration is (for me) in no way a short term goal. it's something i've heard about, thought about, and believe may benefit me personally."; "I WOULD SOONER BECOME A NEUTER no seriously tell me where the libido-suppressing pills are"; "You can change yourself into a neuter, but you can't become the opposite sex."offensivesometimesuncommon

3. (grammar) The neuter gender.

4. (grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

5. (grammar) An intransitive verb or state-of-being verb.Examples: "Make one do, or act (to), fare fare, fare agire, with an accusative when the verb is a neuter, and with a dative when otherwise."; "Compound verbs other than those already spoken of whereby neuters are made active, are very rare, as I have already hinted under the head of nouns."; "In all the Apachean languages, verbs are divided into two major categories, neuters and actives, each of which may be further divided into intransitives, transitives, and passives."

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.transitive

2. (transitive) To rid of sexuality.Examples: "The neutering extends to Believe’s guest stars, with warm-and-fuzzy verses from Ludacris (“I love everything about you / You’re imperfectly perfect”), Big Sean (“I don’t know if this makes sense, but you’re my hallelujah”), Nicki Minaj (who at least squeaks a “bitches” into her verse), and especially Drake, whose desire to hug and kiss the object of his affection on “Right Here” is reminiscent of The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Krusty’s Comeback Special."transitive

3. (transitive) To drastically reduce the effectiveness of something.Examples: "Congress neutered the bill by adding an exception for big corporations."; "Here wrangling, bitty conflicts neutered change."; "This collusion with the forces of corporate oppression neuters the press, Trump's critics and the Democratic Party."transitive

4. (transitive) To make grammatically neuter.Examples: "At their religious services Am Tikva makes all attempts to de-genderize the liturgy by neutering English nouns and pronouns and, when Hebrew is used, by using both masculine and the feminine forms of the language."transitive

This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "neuter"?

Scrabble
6 points
N1
E1
U1
T1
E1
R1
Words With Friends
8 points
N2
E1
U2
T1
E1
R1

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