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What does alcove mean? Is alcove a Scrabble word?

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Is alcove a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alcove is a Scrabble US word. The word alcove is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

A1L1C3O1V4E1

Is alcove a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alcove is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

A1L1C3O1V4E1

Is alcove a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word alcove is a Words With Friends word. The word alcove is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1L2C4O1V5E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ALCOVE,COEVAL,

5-letter words (8 found)

CALVE,CAVEL,CLAVE,CLOVE,LAEVO,LOAVE,VOCAL,VOLAE,

4-letter words (24 found)

ALCO,ALEC,ALOE,AVEL,CALO,CAVE,COAL,COLA,COLE,COVE,LACE,LAVE,LEVA,LEVO,LOCA,LOVE,OLEA,OVAL,OVEL,VALE,VEAL,VELA,VOLA,VOLE,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,ALE,AVE,AVO,CAL,CEL,COL,ECO,EVO,LAC,LAV,LEA,LEV,OCA,OLE,OVA,VAC,VAE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,LO,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from alcove according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alcove

alcove

Etymology

From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”). Doublet of qubba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæl.kəʊv/

Noun

alcove (plural alcoves)

  1. (architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
  2. A shady retreat.
  3. (countable) The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • coeval, coëval

Italian

Noun

alcove f

  1. plural of alcova

Anagrams

  • celavo, vocale

Source: wiktionary.org