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Is berdache a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word berdache is a Scrabble US word. The word berdache is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is berdache a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word berdache is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

B3E1R1D2A1C3H4E1

Is berdache a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word berdache is a Words With Friends word. The word berdache is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4E1R1D2A1C4H3E1

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8-letter words (2 found)

BERDACHE,BREACHED,

7-letter words (2 found)

BEACHED,REACHED,

6-letter words (17 found)

ADHERE,ARCHED,BACHED,BEADER,BEARED,BEHEAD,BRACED,BREACH,BREECH,CHARED,CHEDER,DECARB,DECARE,ECHARD,HEADER,HEDERA,HERBED,

5-letter words (46 found)

ABCEE,ACERB,ACHED,ACRED,ARCED,ARDEB,AREDE,BARDE,BARED,BEACH,BEARD,BEARE,BEECH,BRACE,BRACH,BREAD,BREDE,BREED,CABER,CABRE,CADEE,CADRE,CARED,CEDAR,CEDER,CERED,CHARD,CHARE,CHEER,CHERE,CREED,DEARE,DEBAR,EARED,ECHED,HARED,HEARD,HEARE,HEDER,RACED,RACHE,RAHED,REACH,REBEC,REECH,REHAB,

4-letter words (69 found)

ABED,ABER,ACED,ACER,ACHE,ACRE,AHED,ARCH,ARED,BACH,BADE,BARD,BARE,BEAD,BEAR,BEDE,BEER,BERE,BRAD,BRAE,BRED,BREE,CADE,CARB,CARD,CARE,CEDE,CERE,CHAD,CHAR,CHER,CRAB,CRED,CREE,DACE,DARB,DARE,DEAR,DEBE,DEER,DERE,DRAB,DRAC,DREE,EACH,EARD,ECAD,ECHE,EECH,EHED,ERED,HADE,HAED,HARD,HARE,HEAD,HEAR,HEBE,HEED,HERB,HERD,HERE,RACE,RACH,RADE,READ,REDE,REED,RHEA,

3-letter words (40 found)

ACE,ACH,ARB,ARC,ARD,ARE,BAC,BAD,BAE,BAH,BAR,BED,BEE,BRA,CAB,CAD,CAR,CEE,CHA,CHE,DAB,DAE,DAH,DEB,DEE,EAR,ECH,EDH,ERA,ERE,HAD,HAE,HER,RAD,RAH,REB,REC,RED,REE,REH,

2-letter words (18 found)

AB,AD,AE,AH,AR,BA,BE,CH,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EH,ER,HA,HE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 195 words from berdache according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of berdache

berdache

Etymology

From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of bardash.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /bəˈdaʃ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /bəɹˈdæʃ/
  • Rhymes: (US) -æʃ

Noun

berdache (plural berdaches or berdache)

  1. (anthropology, dated, now offensive, ethnic slur) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person. [from 19th c.]
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:berdache.

Usage notes

Considered offensive by many Native American communities because of its pejorative and non-American etymology, berdache began to fall out of use in the 1990s; two-spirit and various tribe-specific terms (wergern, etc) are now used instead.

Derived terms

  • berdachism

Translations

See also

  • transgender
  • two-spirit
  • hermaphrodite

Anagrams

  • breached

French

Noun

berdache m (plural berdaches)

  1. Alternative form of bardache

Portuguese

Etymology

From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).

Noun

berdache m or f by sense (plural berdaches)

  1. two-spirit (native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender)

Source: wiktionary.org