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Is arroyo a Scrabble word?

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

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Is arroyo a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

ARROYO,

5-letter words (1 found)

ROARY,

4-letter words (5 found)

OARY,ORRA,ROAR,RORY,YARR,

3-letter words (8 found)

ARY,OAR,OOR,ORA,RAY,ROO,RYA,YAR,

2-letter words (7 found)

AR,AY,OO,OR,OY,YA,YO,

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

Definitions and meaning of arroyo

arroyo

Etymology

From Spanish arroyo.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹɔɪ.əʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈɹɔɪ.oʊ/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧yo

Noun

arroyo (plural arroyos)

  1. A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
  2. Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).

Translations

See also

  • coulee
  • draw
  • wash

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroyo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁɔ.jo/

Noun

arroyo m (plural arroyos)

  1. arroyo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oʝo
  • Syllabification: a‧rro‧yo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *arrugium, from Latin arrugia (“mineshaft”).

Noun

arroyo m (plural arroyos)

  1. stream, brook, creek (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: arroyo
  • → Esperanto: rojo
  • → French: arroyo

Etymology 2

Verb

arroyo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arroyar

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org