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Is candy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word candy is a Scrabble US word. The word candy is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is candy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word candy is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word candy is a Words With Friends word. The word candy is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

CANDY,DANCY,

4-letter words (2 found)

CANY,CYAN,

3-letter words (9 found)

AND,ANY,CAD,CAN,CAY,DAN,DAY,NAY,YAD,

2-letter words (7 found)

AD,AN,AY,DA,NA,NY,YA,

You can make 20 words from candy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of candy

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Definitions and meaning of candy

candy

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kăn'di, IPA(key): /ˈkændi/
  • Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).

Noun

candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies)

  1. (uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
  2. (countable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
  3. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
  4. (uncountable) An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
Alternative forms
  • (rave accessory): kandi
Synonyms
  • (confection): confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Australia), sugar candy (US)
  • (piece of candy): sweet (British), lolly (Australia)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: kendi
  • → Hindi: कैंडी (kaiṇḍī)
  • → Hopi: kyenti
  • → Japanese: キャンディ (kyandi)
  • → Tagalog: kendi
Translations

Verb

candy (third-person singular simple present candies, present participle candying, simple past and past participle candied)

  1. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
  2. (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
    Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
  3. (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
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Etymology 2

From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).

Alternative forms

  • candee, candie, candil, kandy

Noun

candy (plural candies)

  1. (obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
Synonyms
  • maunee
Translations

Anagrams

  • Dancy, dancy

Source: wiktionary.org