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Yes. The word alcaide is a Scrabble US word. The word alcaide is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is alcaide a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alcaide is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ALCAIDE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ACEDIA,AECIAL,ALCADE,

5-letter words (14 found)

AECIA,AILED,ALCID,ALDEA,CAAED,CADIE,CALID,CLADE,CLIED,DECAL,ELIAD,IDEAL,ILEAC,LACED,

4-letter words (38 found)

ACAI,ACED,ACID,AIDA,AIDE,ALAE,ALEC,CADE,CADI,CAID,CEDI,CEIL,CIDE,CIEL,CLAD,DAAL,DACE,DALE,DALI,DEAL,DEIL,DELI,DIAL,DICE,DIEL,ECAD,EILD,ICED,IDEA,IDLE,ILEA,LACE,LADE,LAIC,LAID,LEAD,LICE,LIED,

3-letter words (27 found)

AAL,ACE,AIA,AID,AIL,ALA,ALE,CAA,CAD,CAL,CEL,CID,DAE,DAL,DEI,DEL,DIE,ELD,ICE,IDE,LAC,LAD,LEA,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AD,AE,AI,AL,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,ID,LA,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 98 words from alcaide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alcaide

alcaide

Alternative forms

  • alcayde

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”); compare caid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ælˈkaɪdi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

alcaide (plural alcaides)

  1. (historical) The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
    • 1810, John Joseph Stockdale (editor and publisher), The History of the Inquisitions, extract published in 1810, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, Volume 8, page 219,
      It was, above all, to the alcaide and the guards of the prisoners that he studied to recommend himself.
  2. A caid.

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcaide, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “the leader”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: al‧cai‧de

Noun

alcaide m (plural alcaides)

  1. alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)

Alternative forms

  • alcalde (obsolete)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈkaide/ [alˈkai̯.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -aide
  • Syllabification: al‧cai‧de

Noun

alcaide m or f by sense (plural alcaides)

  1. commander of the defense of a castle
  2. administrator of royal property
  3. warden; administrator of a prison

Descendants

  • → English: alcaide
  • → Polish: alkad

Further reading

  • “alcaide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org