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Is canine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word canine is a Scrabble US word. The word canine is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is canine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word canine is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is canine a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (4 found)

CANINE,CANNIE,ENCINA,NEANIC,

5-letter words (3 found)

ENIAC,INANE,NANCE,

4-letter words (12 found)

ACNE,AINE,ANCE,CAIN,CANE,CANN,CINE,EINA,NAIN,NANE,NICE,NINE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACE,AIN,ANE,ANI,ANN,CAN,EAN,ICE,INN,NAE,NAN,NIE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AI,AN,EA,EN,IN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from canine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of canine

canine

Etymology

From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kāʹnīn, kaʹnīn, (rare) kə-nīnʹ, IPA(key): /ˈkeɪnaɪn/, /ˈkænaɪn/, (rare) /kəˈnaɪn/
  • (General American) enPR: kāʹnīn', (rare) kə-nīnʹ, IPA(key): /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/, (rare) /kəˈnaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnaɪn, -ænaɪn, -aɪn
  • Homophone: K9
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nine

Adjective

canine (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
  2. Dog-like.
  3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
  4. (medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

Synonyms

  • (of dogs): dogly, houndly
  • (dog-like): dogly, doglike, houndly

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

canine (plural canines)

  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  2. (formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
  3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
  4. (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.

Synonyms

  • (dog or wolf): dog
  • (pointy tooth): cuspid

Derived terms

  • caninoid

Translations

See also

  • lupine
  • vulpine
  • Canini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)

References

  • Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN

Anagrams

  • neanic

French

Etymology

From Latin canina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.nin/

Adjective

canine

  1. feminine singular of canin

Noun

canine f (plural canines)

  1. canine, cuspid

Synonyms

  • croc

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ancien

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈni.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nì‧ne

Adjective

canine

  1. feminine plural of canino

Anagrams

  • cennai, nencia, nicena

Latin

Adjective

canīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of canīnus

Source: wiktionary.org