dolt

Plural: dolts

Noun

A stupid or foolish person.
a person who is not very bright
A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.

Verb

To behave foolishly.
To fool; to trick

Examples

To challenge a valid word with an ’S’ hook is a move only a Words With Friends dolt would make.

Origin / Etymology

First used as a noun in Early Modern English, from dialectal English dold (“stupid, confused”), from Middle English dold, a variant of dulled, dult (“dulled”), past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make dull, make stupid”), from dull, dul, dwal (“stupid”). More at dull.

Synonyms

dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person, Charlie, Homer Simpson, alcatote, arsehole, asshat, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, brickhead, buffoon, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dumb fuck, dumbass, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, ha'p'orth, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numps, numpty, numskull, nupson, oaf, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, schmo, schmuck, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, slang), snapperhead, softhead, sot, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy

Scrabble Score: 5

dolt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dolt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dolt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

dolt: valid Words With Friends Word