sot

Plural: sots

Noun

An habitual drunkard; a person who is habitually intoxicated.
a chronic drinker
Stupid person; fool.
Drunkard.

Verb

To drink until one becomes drunk
To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot.
To short circuit, to go haywire or malfunction.
To go crazy.
simple past and past participle of sit

Adj

Upset, unhappy or bitter about something.
Insane, crazy, screwed up.

Examples

He feared his brain might turn to SOT from trying to find a bingo with only consonants.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to French zut! (“damn it!”).
Compare Middle Low German sot (“insane, foolish, stupid”), Middle Dutch sot ("foolish, absurd, stupid"; > modern Dutch zot), French sot (“stupid, foolish, goofy”).

Synonyms

drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, wino, alcoholic, fool, souse, suck-pint

Scrabble Score: 3

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

Words With Friends Score: 3

sot: valid Words With Friends Word