Definition of optimist

"optimist" in the noun sense

1. optimist

a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

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Quotations for optimist

Out of the ashes of misanthropy benevolence rises again; we find many virtues where we had imagined all was vice, many acts of disinterested friendship where we had fancied all was calculation and fraud - and so gradually from the two extremes we pass to the proper medium; and, feeling that no human being is wholly good or wholly base, we learn that true knowledge of mankind which induces us to expect little and forgive much. The world cures alike the optimist and the misanthrope. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

optimist in Scrabble®

The word optimist is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters optimist:

OPTIMIST
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word optimist

OPTIMIST
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In optimist

OPTIMIST
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optimist in Words With Friends™

The word optimist is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters optimist:

OPTIMIST
(132)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

tipmost

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word optimist

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In optimist

OPTIMIST
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(104 = 69 + 35)
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TIPMOST
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OPTIMIST
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OPTIMIST
(72)
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MOPS
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Words within the letters of optimist

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