Definitions For Oxymoron

noun

  • Conjoining contradictory terms (as in deafening silence')
  • A combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings

Is Oxymorons 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
21
Words with Friends
22

The word Oxymoron is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Oxymoron in a Sentence

  • The phrase “cruel kindness” is an oxymoron.

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