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Is arcade a Scrabble word?

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

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Is arcade a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is arcade a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word arcade is a Words With Friends word. The word arcade is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ARCADE,

5-letter words (9 found)

ACRED,ARCED,AREAD,ARECA,CAAED,CADRE,CARED,CEDAR,RACED,

4-letter words (19 found)

ACED,ACER,ACRE,AREA,ARED,CADE,CARD,CARE,CRED,DACE,DARE,DEAR,DRAC,EARD,ECAD,RACA,RACE,RADE,READ,

3-letter words (13 found)

ACE,ARC,ARD,ARE,CAA,CAD,CAR,DAE,EAR,ERA,RAD,REC,RED,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AD,AE,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from arcade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arcade

arcade

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“arc”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈkeɪd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈkeɪd/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧cade
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

arcade (plural arcades)

  1. (architecture) A row of arches.
  2. (architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
  3. An establishment that runs coin-operated games.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: アーケード
  • → Afrikaans: arcade
  • → Czech: arkádové

Translations

Verb

arcade (third-person singular simple present arcades, present participle arcading, simple past and past participle arcaded)

  1. (transitive) To cover (something) as with a series of arches.
    its trottoirs brick-paved, and shaded by trees of almost tropical foliage— conspicuous among them the odoriferous magnolia, and the melia azedarach, or “Pride of China,”—these in places completely arcading the street—

Anagrams

  • adarce, araced

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French arcade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑrˈkaː.də/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

arcade f (plural arcaden or arcades, diminutive arcadetje n)

  1. (architecture) arcade (array of arches)

Derived terms

  • arcadehal

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: arkade

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arcata. By surface analysis, arc +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.kad/

Noun

arcade f (plural arcades)

  1. (architecture) arcade
  2. (anatomy) arch, ridge
  3. (gaming) arcade

Derived terms

  • arcade sourcilière

Descendants

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org