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Is areca a Scrabble word?

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

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Is areca a Scrabble UK word?

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

A1R1E1C3A1

Is areca a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word areca is a Words With Friends word. The word areca is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

ARECA,

4-letter words (6 found)

ACER,ACRE,AREA,CARE,RACA,RACE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ACE,ARC,ARE,CAA,CAR,EAR,ERA,REC,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AE,AR,EA,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from areca according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of areca

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word areca. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in areca.

Definitions and meaning of areca

areca

Etymology

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).

Noun

areca (plural arecas)

  1. Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • areca on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • betel
  • paan

References

Anagrams

  • Ceará, arace

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka) / Tamil அடைக்காய் (aṭaikkāy), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭaykkāy (“areca nut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

areca f (plural arecas)

  1. areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)
    Synonym: arequeira

Descendants

  • → English: areca
  • → Spanish: areca

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈɾeka/ [aˈɾe.ka]
  • Rhymes: -eka
  • Syllabification: a‧re‧ca

Noun

areca f (plural arecas)

  1. areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org