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bittersweet

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Is bittersweet a Scrabble word?

Yes, bittersweet is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 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 bittersweet?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (figurative) Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.Examples: "The break-up was very bittersweet; they both hurt to end it, but were glad it was over."; "[…] sensations of this kind, however delicious, are, at their first recognition, of a very tumultuous nature, and have very little of the opiate in them. They were, moreover, in the present case, embittered with certain circumstances, which being mixed with sweeter ingredients, tended altogether to compose a draught that might be termed bitter-sweet […]"; "Her eyes still shone upon the ground, and still she prolonged the bittersweet delight at seeing this humiliation of both soul and body by asking the one question whose reply would complete her sad success."figuratively

noun (English)

1. (US) A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruit that open to reveal red seeds.Examples: "Over by the creek-bed scarlet-flamed sumac shouldered the silver-green of the willows, and orange-colored bittersweet crept through the tangle of wild plums."US

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "bittersweet"?

Scrabble
16 points
B3
I1
T1
T1
E1
R1
S1
W4
E1
E1
T1
Words With Friends
17 points
B4
I1
T1
T1
E1
R1
S1
W4
E1
E1
T1

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