litotes
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Is litotes a Scrabble word?
✓Yes, litotes is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 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 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: hyperbole
2. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.Synonyms: antenantiosis, meiosis, moderatourAntonyms: hyperbole
Definition source: Wiktionary
What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "litotes"?
How many Scrabble points is the word "litotes"?
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