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

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

BOLDER,BORDEL,

5-letter words (11 found)

BLORE,BODLE,BORDE,BORED,BOREL,DROLE,LOBED,OLDER,ORBED,ROBED,ROBLE,

4-letter words (27 found)

BLED,BODE,BOLD,BOLE,BORD,BORE,BRED,BROD,DELO,DERO,DOBE,DOER,DOLE,DORB,DORE,EORL,LOBE,LODE,LORD,LORE,OLDE,ORLE,REDO,ROBE,RODE,ROED,ROLE,

3-letter words (29 found)

BED,BEL,BOD,BOR,BRO,DEB,DEL,DOB,DOE,DOL,DOR,ELD,LED,LOB,LOD,LOR,OBE,ODE,OLD,OLE,ORB,ORD,ORE,REB,RED,REO,ROB,ROD,ROE,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BO,DE,DO,ED,EL,ER,LO,OB,OD,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from bordel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bordel

bordel

Etymology

From Middle English bordel, from Old French bordel (“brothel”). Doublet of bordello.

Noun

bordel (plural bordels)

  1. (now rare) A brothel.

Anagrams

  • Dobler, belord, blored, bolder

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French bordel (“brothel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbordɛl]

Noun

bordel m inan

  1. (vulgar) brothel, whorehouse
    Synonym: nevěstinec
  2. (slang) fuck-up (big mistake)
  3. (vulgar) mess (disagreeable mixture or confusion of things)
    Synonym: nepořádek

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bordel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bordel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • bordel in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bordel (“brothel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔrdɛl/, [b̥ɒˈd̥ɛlˀ]

Noun

bordel n (singular definite bordellet, plural indefinite bordeller)

  1. bordello, brothel, whorehouse

Inflection

Synonyms

  • horehus
  • massageklinik

Further reading

  • bordel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bordel, from Old French bordel, from Medieval Latin bordellum (“brothel, small hut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔʁ.dɛl/

Noun

bordel m (plural bordels)

  1. (informal) brothel
    Synonym: maison close
  2. (colloquial) bloody mess (UK), goddamn mess (especially US)
    Synonym: bazar
    C’est quoi ce bordel ? ― What the hell's this mess?

Interjection

bordel

  1. (vulgar, slang) bloody hell! (UK), Christ almighty!

Derived terms

  • bordel de merde

Descendants

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French bordel (“brothel”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: bor‧del

Noun

bordel m (plural bordéis)

  1. brothel

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bordel.

Noun

bordel n (plural bordeluri)

  1. bordello, brothel

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bordel (“brothel”).

Noun

bòrdel m (Cyrillic spelling бо̀рдел)

  1. brothel

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔrɟel]

Noun

bordel m inan (genitive singular bordelu, nominative plural bordely, genitive plural bordelov)

  1. brothel

Declension

Further reading

  • “bordel”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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