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Is canasta a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1N1A1S1T1A1

Is canasta a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1N1A1S1T1A1

Is canasta a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word canasta is a Words With Friends word. The word canasta is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1N2A1S1T1A1

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7-letter words (1 found)

CANASTA,

6-letter words (3 found)

ANATAS,SANCTA,TACANS,

5-letter words (8 found)

ANATA,ANTAS,ASANA,CANST,CANTS,SCANT,TACAN,TANAS,

4-letter words (18 found)

ACTA,ACTS,ANAS,ANSA,ANTA,ANTS,CAAS,CANS,CANT,CASA,CAST,CATS,NATS,SANT,SCAN,SCAT,TANA,TANS,

3-letter words (16 found)

AAS,ACT,ANA,ANS,ANT,ATS,CAA,CAN,CAT,NAS,NAT,SAC,SAN,SAT,TAN,TAS,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AN,AS,AT,NA,ST,TA,

You can make 53 words from canasta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of canasta

canasta

Etymology

From Spanish canasta. The game originates from Uruguay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈnæstə/

Noun

canasta (plural canastas)

  1. (uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.
  2. (countable, card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Castana

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaːˈnɑs.taː/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nas‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɑstaː

Noun

canasta f (plural canasta's)

  1. (uncountable) canasta (Uruguayan cardgame)
  2. (countable) canasta (meld of seven cards in the above game)

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • kanasta

Etymology

From Spanish canasta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑnɑstɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]

Noun

canasta

  1. canasta (card game)
  2. canasta (meld of seven cards in above)

Declension

Further reading

  • “canasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta (“basket”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.nas.ta/

Noun

canasta f (uncountable)

  1. canasta

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta.

Pronunciation

Noun

canasta f (plural canastas)

  1. (card games) canasta

References

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin canistrum. Cognate with English canister.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnasta/ [kaˈnas.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -asta
  • Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ta

Noun

canasta f (plural canastas)

  1. basket
    Synonyms: cesto, cesta
  2. (card games) canasta
  3. (basketball) basket, hoop
  4. (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org