Definition of spot

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• spot is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• spot is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• spot is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of spot

• a job in an organization (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. berth
  2. billet
  3. office
  4. place
  5. position
  6. post
  7. situation
• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. blot
  2. smear
  3. smirch
  4. stain
• a small contrasting part of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. a bald spot
  2. a leopard's spots

  Synonyms

  1. dapple
  2. fleck
  3. maculation
  4. patch
  5. speckle
• a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. spotlight
• a point located with respect to surface features of some region (noun)

  Examples

  1. a bright spot on a planet

  Synonyms

  1. place
  2. topographic point
• a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pip
• an outstanding characteristic (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. point
• a small piece or quantity of something (noun)

  Examples

  1. a spot of tea

  Synonyms

  1. bit
• a slight attack of illness (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. touch
• detect with the senses (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. discern
  2. distinguish
  3. make out
  4. pick out
  5. recognise
  6. recognize
  7. tell apart
• a blemish made by dirt (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. blot
  2. daub
  3. slur
  4. smear
  5. smirch
  6. smudge
• make a spot or mark onto (verb)

  Examples

  1. The wine spotted the tablecloth

  Synonyms

  1. blob
  2. blot
  3. fleck
• catch sight of (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. descry
  2. espy
  3. spy
• mar or impair with a flaw (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. blemish
• a business establishment for entertainment (noun)

  Examples

  1. night spot
• a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value (noun)

  Examples

  1. an eight-spot
• a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance (noun)

  Examples

  1. they changed his spot on the program
• a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising (noun)
• become spotted (verb)

  Examples

  1. This dress spots quickly
• mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition (verb)

  Examples

  1. spot the areas that one should clearly identify

See definition of spot in Merriam Webster