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Is boutade a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word boutade is a Scrabble US word. The word boutade is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is boutade a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word boutade is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

B3O1U1T1A1D2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

BOUTADE,

6-letter words (3 found)

AUTOED,BOATED,TABUED,

5-letter words (14 found)

ABODE,ABOUT,ADBOT,ADOBE,BATED,BEAUT,BUTEO,DAUBE,DEBUT,DOUBT,OUTED,TAUBE,TUBAE,TUBED,

4-letter words (43 found)

ABED,ABET,ABUT,AUTO,BADE,BATE,BAUD,BEAD,BEAT,BEAU,BEDU,BETA,BOAT,BODE,BOET,BOTA,BOTE,BOUT,BUAT,BUDA,BUDO,BUTE,DATE,DATO,DAUB,DAUT,DEBT,DOAB,DOAT,DOBE,DOTE,DOUT,DUET,ODEA,OUTA,TABU,TAED,TEAD,TOAD,TOEA,TOED,TUBA,TUBE,

3-letter words (47 found)

ABO,ADO,ATE,AUE,BAD,BAE,BAO,BAT,BED,BET,BOA,BOD,BOT,BUD,BUT,DAB,DAE,DEB,DOB,DOE,DOT,DUB,DUE,DUO,EAT,EAU,ETA,OAT,OBA,OBE,ODA,ODE,OUD,OUT,TAB,TAD,TAE,TAO,TAU,TEA,TED,TOD,TOE,TUB,UDO,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (21 found)

AB,AD,AE,AT,BA,BE,BO,DA,DE,DO,EA,ED,ET,OB,OD,OE,OU,TA,TE,TO,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 130 words from boutade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of boutade

boutade

Etymology

Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt.

Noun

boutade (plural boutades)

  1. A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.

Dutch

Etymology

From French boutade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbuˈtaː.də/
  • Hyphenation: bou‧ta‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

boutade f (plural boutades)

  1. witticism

French

Etymology

Earlier boutée, from bouter (“to push”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.tad/

Noun

boutade f (plural boutades)

  1. caprice, whim
  2. quip, joke

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French boutade. Doublet of buttata.

Noun

boutade f (invariable)

  1. witticism, wisecrack

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French boutade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈtad/ [buˈt̪að̞]
  • Rhymes: -ad

Noun

boutade f (plural boutades)

  1. wisecrack

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org