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blotto

blot·to/ˈblɑtoʊ/adjective, noun, verb

blotto is spelled B-L-O-T-T-O: 6 letters and 2 syllables (blot·to). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, blotto means “(Very) drunk or intoxicated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in blotto?

Letters6: B-L-O-T-T-O
Syllables2: blot·to
In writingabout once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is blotto?

Blotto appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce blotto?

  • UK /ˈblɒtəʊ/
  • US /ˈblɑtoʊ/
  • US /-ɾoʊ/

As a noun (“On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat”): /b(ə)ˈləʊtəʊ/, /b(ə)ˈloʊtoʊ/.

Blotto has 2 syllables, split blot·to in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-blotto.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blotto2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blotto3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with blotto?

9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blotto from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtoʊ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of blotto

  • more blotto comparative
  • most blotto superlative
  • blottos plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • blottoes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • blottoing participle, present
  • blottoed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does blotto mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    informal(Very) drunk or intoxicated.

noun

  1. 1

    informalA person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.

  2. 2

    An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.

  3. 3

    A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

  4. 4

    obsoleteOn Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.

  2. 2

    informalTo be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.

noun

as Blotto
  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of blotto (“reagent used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does blotto come from?

From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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