moot

Plural: moots

Noun

a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- "he organized the weekly moot"
A moot court.
A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
Talk.
The vagina.
The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
A mutual follower on a social media platform.

Verb

Verb Forms: mooted, mooting, moots

To raise a subject or question for discussion.
think about carefully; weigh
To bring up as a subject for debate.
To discuss or debate.
To make or declare irrelevant.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
To talk or speak.
To say, utter, also insinuate.
To take root and begin to grow.
To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.

Adjective Satellite

of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
open to argument or debate
- "that is a moot question"

Adj

Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
Being an exercise of thought; academic.
Having no practical consequence or relevance.

Examples

Should we moot the idea of a challenge, or let their dubious play stand in Words With Friends?
That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet.

Synonyms

arguable, consider, debatable, debate, deliberate, disputable, turn over, irrelevant, obsolete, propose#Verb, table

Scrabble Score: 6

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

Words With Friends Score: 7

moot: valid Words With Friends Word