lois

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
5
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈləʊ.ɪs/

Definition of lois

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
    “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”
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name

  1. The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
    “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.”
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin.
    “Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.”

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of LOI

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λωΐς (Lōḯs), of obscure meaning. Unrelated to Louise or Louisa.

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