moot
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How moot fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
3
M O T
Two-Letter Start
MO
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Ending
OT
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- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- MO start
- OT ending
- repeated letters
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- moot is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A moot court.
noun
A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
noun
A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
noun
A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
noun
An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
noun
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
adjective
Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
"1903, Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day"
adjective
Being an exercise of thought; academic.
adjective
Having no practical impact or relevance.
"That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot."
noun
A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
"Haven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs. They are going to shit-can the lot of us."
noun
(rural) Talk.
"No, there's no moot of it on the streets."
verb
To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
verb
To discuss or debate.
verb
To make or declare irrelevant.
verb
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
verb
To talk or speak.
"'Tis no boot to moot again of it."
verb
To say, utter, also insinuate.
"He could not moot the words."
noun
Vagina.
noun
The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
verb
To take root and begin to grow.
verb
To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.
Related Words
Same Letters
- motto
Synonyms
- irrelevant
- obsolete