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What does cancrine mean? Is cancrine a Scrabble word?

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Is cancrine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cancrine is a Scrabble US word. The word cancrine is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3A1N1C3R1I1N1E1

Is cancrine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cancrine is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3A1N1C3R1I1N1E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

CANCRINE,

7-letter words (3 found)

CANNIER,NANCIER,NARCEIN,

6-letter words (11 found)

CANCER,CANIER,CANINE,CANNER,CANNIE,CARNIE,ENCINA,INANER,NARINE,NEANIC,RANINE,

5-letter words (23 found)

AREIC,CAIRN,CANER,CERCI,CERIA,CERIC,CIRCA,CRAIC,CRANE,CRENA,CRINE,ENIAC,ERICA,INANE,INNER,NACRE,NANCE,NARIC,NICER,NINER,RAINE,RANCE,RENIN,

4-letter words (34 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,AINE,AIRN,ANCE,CAIN,CANE,CANN,CARE,CARN,CECA,CINE,CIRE,CRAN,CRIA,EARN,EINA,ERIC,ICER,NAIN,NANE,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NICE,NINE,RACE,RAIN,RANI,REAN,REIN,RICE,RINE,

3-letter words (27 found)

ACE,AIN,AIR,ANE,ANI,ANN,ARC,ARE,CAN,CAR,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERN,ICE,INN,IRE,NAE,NAN,NIE,RAI,RAN,REC,REI,REN,RIA,RIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,EA,EN,ER,IN,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 111 words from cancrine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cancrine

cancrine

Etymology

From Latin cancer (“crab”) + -īnus, as if from *cancrīnus. The poetry sense comes from the fact that most species of crab can walk sideways, either left or right.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæŋkɹaɪn/

Adjective

cancrine (comparative more cancrine, superlative most cancrine)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to crabs.
  2. (poetry) Palindromic; reading the same forwards or backwards.
  3. (by extension) Of or pertaining to reading something backwards.

References

  • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cancrine

Source: wiktionary.org