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Is acquis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acquis is a Scrabble US word. The word acquis is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is acquis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acquis is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

ACQUIS,

5-letter words (2 found)

QUAIS,QUASI,

4-letter words (3 found)

ASCI,QUAI,SAIC,

3-letter words (10 found)

AIS,CIS,QIS,QUA,SAC,SAI,SAU,SIC,SUI,SUQ,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AS,IS,QI,SI,US,

You can make 22 words from acquis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acquis

acquis

Etymology

Shortened from acquis communautaire: French acquis (“that which has been acquired or obtained”) + communautaire (“of the community”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aˈkiː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑˈki/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: ac‧quis

Noun

acquis (uncountable)

  1. Short for acquis communautaire.
    1. (law) The accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the total body of European Union law.
    2. (international law) The accumulated legislation and decisions of any international community.

Synonyms

  • acquis communautaire
  • (Body of EU law): Community acquis

Translations

Further reading

  • acquis communautaire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • quicas

Dutch

Etymology

Shortened from acquis communautaire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈki/, /aːˈki/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧quis
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

acquis n (uncountable)

  1. acquis (totality of EU legislation and court decisions)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ki/

Participle

acquis (feminine acquise, masculine plural acquis, feminine plural acquises)

  1. past participle of acquérir

Noun

acquis m (plural acquis)

  1. asset
  2. knowledge, (can be built on) level of attainment

Adjective

acquis (feminine acquise, masculine plural acquis, feminine plural acquises)

  1. acquired, learned
  2. acknowledged, recognized

Further reading

  • “acquis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org