Definitions For Motif

noun

  • A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
  • A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
  • A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
  • Something (such as an important idea or subject) that is repeated throughout a book, story, etc.
  • A single or repeated design or pattern

Is Motifs a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
12

The word Motif is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Motif in a Sentence

  • The wallpaper has a flower motif.
  • The motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works

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