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Is barbican a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word barbican is a Scrabble US word. The word barbican is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is barbican a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word barbican is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

BARBICAN,

7-letter words (1 found)

CARABIN,

6-letter words (8 found)

ACINAR,ARABIC,ARABIN,ARNICA,BICARB,CARINA,CRANIA,RABBIN,

5-letter words (15 found)

ABACI,ABRIN,ACARI,BAIRN,BANIA,BARCA,BARIC,BRAAI,BRAIN,CABIN,CAIRN,NAIRA,NARIC,RABBI,RABIC,

4-letter words (31 found)

ABAC,ABBA,ABRI,ACAI,AIRN,ARBA,ARIA,ARNA,BABA,BANC,BANI,BARB,BARN,BRAN,BRIN,CABA,CAIN,CARB,CARN,CRAB,CRAN,CRIA,CRIB,NARC,RABI,RACA,RAIA,RAIN,RANA,RANI,RIBA,

3-letter words (27 found)

ABA,ABB,AIA,AIN,AIR,ANA,ANI,ARB,ARC,BAA,BAC,BAN,BAR,BIB,BIN,BRA,CAA,CAB,CAN,CAR,NAB,NIB,RAI,RAN,RIA,RIB,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AB,AI,AN,AR,BA,BI,IN,NA,

You can make 92 words from barbican according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of barbican

barbican

Alternative forms

  • barbacan

Etymology

From Old French barbacane, of uncertain origin: compare Arabic بَرْبَخ (barbaḵ, “aqueduct, sewer”), and Persian باب‌خانه (bâb-xâne, “gatehouse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bɪkən/

Noun

barbican (plural barbicans)

  1. A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
  2. A fortress at the end of a bridge.
  3. An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
  4. A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.

Synonyms

  • (entryway fortification): see guardhouse

Derived terms

  • barbicanage

Translations

See also

  • bartisan

References

  • Samuel Johnson, Dictionary of the English Language (1766)
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “barbican”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Source: wiktionary.org