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Is battue a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word battue is a Scrabble US word. The word battue is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is battue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word battue is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is battue a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

BATTUE,TUBATE,

5-letter words (6 found)

BATTU,BEAUT,BETTA,BUTTE,TAUBE,TUBAE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ABET,ABUT,BATE,BATT,BEAT,BEAU,BETA,BUAT,BUTE,BUTT,ETAT,TABU,TATE,TATU,TAUT,TEAT,TUBA,TUBE,

3-letter words (20 found)

ATE,ATT,AUE,BAE,BAT,BET,BUT,EAT,EAU,ETA,TAB,TAE,TAT,TAU,TEA,TET,TUB,TUT,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AB,AE,AT,BA,BE,EA,ET,TA,TE,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from battue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of battue

battue

Etymology

From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəˈt(j)uː/, /bæ-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bæˈtu/
  • Rhymes: -uː (RP)
  • Hyphenation: bat‧tue

Noun

battue (countable and uncountable, plural battues)

  1. (uncountable, hunting, often attributively) A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [from early 19th c.]
  2. (countable, hunting) A hunt performed in this manner.

Related terms

  • battu
  • batture

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French

Etymology

From Portuguese batuda or Italian battuta ("a beating"). See Latin battuo ("to beat").

Pronunciation

Noun

battue f (plural battues)

  1. battue; the beating of bushes to force out the game
  2. hunt, search
    La police a organisé des battues pour retrouver l’enfant disparu. ― The police organized search parties in order to find the missing child.

Descendants

  • → English: battue

Participle

battue f sg

  1. feminine singular of battu

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ébattu

Latin

Verb

battue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of battuō

Source: wiktionary.org