s 1 p 3 o 1 i 1 l 1 e 1 r 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
noun someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
originEtymology tree Latin spolium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- espoir 8
- lisper 8
- lopers 8
- perils 8
- pilose 8
- pliers 8
- poiser 8
- poleis 8
- polers 8
- polies 8
- posier 8
- proles 8