spot
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
Noun 4 meanings
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
“The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.”
A stain or disfiguring mark.
“I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.”
A pimple, papule or pustule.
“That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.”
A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
Verb 3 meanings
To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
“Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.”
To stain; to leave a spot (on).
“Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.”
To cover with spots, to speckle.
Adjective 2 meanings
Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.
“a spot contract”
Exact; precise.
“The other bus meets yours at the intersection within one minute; it's a spot connection, and you might not make it.”
Etymology
From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).
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SPOT at a glance
SPOT has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + P 3 + O 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,337 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with spot
All rhymes- DEPOT8
- JACKPOT22
- HOTSPOT12
- TEAPOT8
- DESPOT9
- CRACKPOT18
- SUNSPOT9
- HONEYPOT16
- CROCKPOT18
- HOTPOT11
- FLOWERPOT17
- REPOT7
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