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Is almond a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word almond is a Scrabble US word. The word almond is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is almond a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word almond is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

ALMOND,DOLMAN,

5-letter words (7 found)

DOLMA,DOMAL,MODAL,MONAD,MONAL,NODAL,NOMAD,

4-letter words (16 found)

ALOD,DAMN,DONA,LAND,LOAD,LOAM,LOAN,LOMA,MAND,MANO,MOAN,MOLA,MOLD,MONA,NOMA,ODAL,

3-letter words (26 found)

ADO,AND,DAL,DAM,DAN,DOL,DOM,DON,LAD,LAM,LOD,MAD,MAL,MAN,MNA,MOA,MOD,MOL,MON,NAM,NOD,NOM,ODA,OLD,OLM,OMA,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AL,AM,AN,DA,DO,LA,LO,MA,MO,NA,NO,OD,OM,ON,

You can make 66 words from almond according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of almond

almond

Etymology

From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.mənd/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈa(l).mn̩d/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑ(l).mənd/, /ˈæ(l).mənd/, /ˈɔl.mənd/

Noun

almond (countable and uncountable, plural almonds)

  1. (countable) The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
  2. (countable) The tree that produces almonds.
  3. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
    1. Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, that only produces bitter fruits
      Synonym: bitter almond
    2. Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
    3. Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae
    4. Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae
    5. Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae
    6. Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae
      Synonym: bitter almond
  4. (uncountable) The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
  5. (uncountable) The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
  6. (uncountable) Flavor or other characteristics of almond.
    I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it.
  7. Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.

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Adjective

almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)

  1. Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.

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See also

  • bitter almond
  • Appendix:Colors

References

Further reading

  • almond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Prunus amygdalus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Dolman, Lamond, Maldon, Oldman, dolman, old man, old-man

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • almaund, almound, almand, alemaunde

Etymology

From Old French almande.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈmɔnd/, /alˈmau̯nd/, /alˈmand/, /alˈmɔu̯nd/

Noun

almond (plural almondes)

  1. An almond (tree nut)
    • c. 1430 (reprinted 1888), Thomas Austin, ed., Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: N. Trübner & Co. for the Early English Text Society, volume I, OCLC 374760, page 11:
    • 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
  2. An almond tree (Prunus dulcis)
  3. An object that resembles an almond in physical form.

Derived terms

  • almaunden

Descendants

  • English: almond
  • Scots: almond

References

  • “alma(u)nde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Source: wiktionary.org