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Is cantrip a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1N1T1R1I1P3

Is cantrip a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1N1T1R1I1P3

Is cantrip a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cantrip is a Words With Friends word. The word cantrip is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1N2T1R1I1P4

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7-letter words (1 found)

CANTRIP,

6-letter words (2 found)

CATNIP,CRIANT,

5-letter words (21 found)

ACTIN,ANTIC,ARTIC,ATRIP,CAIRN,CAPRI,CARPI,INAPT,INTRA,NARIC,PAINT,PANIC,PARTI,PATIN,PICRA,PINTA,PRINT,RIANT,TAPIR,TRAIN,TRIAC,

4-letter words (44 found)

AIRN,AIRT,ANTI,ARTI,CAIN,CANT,CAPI,CARN,CARP,CART,CRAN,CRAP,CRIA,CRIP,CRIT,NARC,NIPA,PACT,PAIN,PAIR,PANT,PART,PIAN,PICA,PINA,PINT,PIRN,PITA,PRAT,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RAPT,RIPT,TAIN,TARN,TARP,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TRAP,TRIN,TRIP,

3-letter words (43 found)

ACT,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANI,ANT,APT,ARC,ART,CAN,CAP,CAR,CAT,CIT,ITA,NAP,NAT,NIP,NIT,PAC,PAN,PAR,PAT,PIA,PIC,PIN,PIR,PIT,RAI,RAN,RAP,RAT,RIA,RIN,RIP,RIT,TAI,TAN,TAP,TAR,TIC,TIN,TIP,

2-letter words (11 found)

AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IT,NA,PA,PI,TA,TI,

You can make 122 words from cantrip according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cantrip

cantrip

Alternative forms

  • cantrap, cantrup, cantraip

Etymology

From Middle Scots cantrip, cantrap (“a magic charm; a trick”). Further origin obscure, but likely a corruption of Scottish Gaelic canntaireachd (identical to Irish cantaireacht), referring to a system of musical notation consisting of a series of otherwise meaningless syllables memorised by pipers in learning their tunes; this was then used similarly to abracadabra. Regardless of details, ultimately derived from Latin cantō (“to sing, chant, play an instrument”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæntɹɪp/

Noun

cantrip (plural cantrips)

  1. A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
    • 1791, Robert Burns, "Tam o' Shanter", lines 125-8, [1]
      Coffins stood round, like open presses,
      That shaw’d the dead in their last dresses;
      And by some devilish cantrip slight
      Each in its cauld hand held a light […]
  2. A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.

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Source: wiktionary.org