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understatement

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Is understatement a Scrabble word?

Yes, understatement is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 17 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of understatement?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.Examples: "A master of understatement"; "And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement."Synonyms: meiosisAntonyms: auxesis, hyperbolerhetoricuncountableusually

2. (countable) An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement.Examples: "Now that's an understatement."Synonyms: trivializationAntonyms: exaggeration, overstatementcountableusually

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "understatement"?

Scrabble
17 points
U1
N1
D2
E1
R1
S1
T1
A1
T1
E1
M3
E1
N1
T1
Words With Friends
21 points
U2
N2
D2
E1
R1
S1
T1
A1
T1
E1
M4
E1
N2
T1

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