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Is angora a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word angora is a Scrabble US word. The word angora is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is angora a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word angora is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

ANGORA,ORGANA,

5-letter words (9 found)

AGORA,ARGAN,ARGON,GRANA,GROAN,NAGOR,ORANG,ORGAN,RANGA,

4-letter words (15 found)

AGAR,AGON,AGRO,ANGA,ANOA,ARNA,GNAR,GORA,GRAN,NAGA,RAGA,RANA,RANG,ROAN,RONG,

3-letter words (16 found)

AGA,AGO,ANA,GAN,GAR,GOA,GON,GOR,NAG,NOG,NOR,OAR,ORA,ORG,RAG,RAN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AG,AN,AR,GO,NA,NO,ON,OR,

You can make 51 words from angora according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of angora

angora

Etymology

From the name of the city of Ankara in Turkey, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura, “anchor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æŋˈɡɔːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Noun

angora (countable and uncountable, plural angoras)

  1. A Turkish Angora cat.
  2. A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair..
  3. A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).
  4. (countable, uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Aragon, Arango, Argoan, arango, organa

Esperanto

Etymology

angoro +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [anˈɡora]
  • Rhymes: -ora
  • Hyphenation: an‧go‧ra

Adjective

angora (accusative singular angoran, plural angoraj, accusative plural angorajn)

  1. distressed, anguished, of distress, of anguish
    • (Can we date this quote?), Solomon Cins (translator), Kiel ŝtalo estis hardata (How the Steel Was Tempered / Как закалялась сталь) by Nikolai Ostrovsky, Book 2, Chapter 7,
    • (Can we date this quote?), Elena Zaja, Antaŭparolo (Preface), in Fajron sentas mi interne by Ulrich Matthias,

Finnish

Etymology

< Turkish Angora, the former name of Turkish capital Ankara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːo(ː)rɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːo̞(ː)rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋːorɑ
  • Syllabification(key): an‧go‧ra

Noun

angora

  1. angora (hair of angora rabbit)

Declension

Synonyms

  • angoravilla

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “angora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

From Angora, obsolete form of Ankara, the name of the capital of Turkey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ.ʁa/

Noun

angora m (plural angora)

  1. angora (all senses)

Further reading

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

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