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

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Is caprine a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

CAPRINE,

6-letter words (9 found)

APNEIC,CANIER,CARNIE,PACIER,PANIER,PINCER,PRANCE,PRINCE,RAPINE,

5-letter words (32 found)

AREIC,ARPEN,CAIRN,CANER,CAPER,CAPRI,CARPI,CERIA,CRANE,CRAPE,CRENA,CRINE,CRIPE,ENIAC,ERICA,NACRE,NARIC,NICER,PACER,PAIRE,PANCE,PANIC,PAREN,PECAN,PERAI,PICRA,PRICE,RAINE,RANCE,RECAP,REPIN,RIPEN,

4-letter words (61 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,AINE,AIRN,ANCE,APER,CAIN,CANE,CAPE,CAPI,CARE,CARN,CARP,CINE,CIRE,CRAN,CRAP,CRIA,CRIP,EARN,EINA,EPIC,ERIC,ICER,NAPE,NARC,NARE,NEAP,NEAR,NICE,NIPA,PACE,PAIN,PAIR,PANE,PARE,PEAN,PEAR,PEIN,PENI,PERC,PERI,PERN,PIAN,PICA,PICE,PIER,PINA,PINE,PIRN,RACE,RAIN,RANI,RAPE,REAN,REAP,REIN,RICE,RINE,RIPE,

3-letter words (46 found)

ACE,AIN,AIR,ANE,ANI,APE,ARC,ARE,CAN,CAP,CAR,CEP,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERN,ICE,IRE,NAE,NAP,NEP,NIE,NIP,PAC,PAN,PAR,PEA,PEC,PEN,PER,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIR,PRE,RAI,RAN,RAP,REC,REI,REN,REP,RIA,RIN,RIP,

2-letter words (14 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 164 words from caprine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caprine

caprine

Pronunciation

  • Most commonly IPA(key): /ˈkæpˌɹaɪn/; sometimes IPA(key): /ˈkæpˌɹin/, /ˈkæp.ɹɪn/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin caprīnus. By surface analysis, Capr(a) +‎ -ine or Capr(inae) +‎ -ine.

Alternative forms

  • caprinic

Adjective

caprine (comparative more caprine, superlative most caprine)

  1. Of or relating to Capra (goats).
    Coordinate term: ovine
  2. Of or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives): caprid.
    Hyponym: ovine
  3. Goatlike: goatish; goaty.
Related terms
  • caper
  • Capricorn
  • cab
See also
  • haedine
  • hircine

Noun

caprine (plural caprines)

  1. Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe Caprini.
    • 2008, Charles R. Peters, et al., 3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem, A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics, page 77,
      By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines, while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).
Translations
See also
  • Goat-antelope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • caprid
  • ovine
  • Caprini (tribe within subfamily Caprinae)

Etymology 2

Noun

caprine (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of caprin

Anagrams

  • Pricean, encarpi

French

Adjective

caprine

  1. feminine singular of caprin

Italian

Adjective

caprine

  1. feminine plural of caprino

Anagrams

  • capirne, carpine, encarpi

Latin

Adjective

caprīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of caprīnus

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈprine]

Noun

caprine f

  1. inflection of caprină:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Source: wiktionary.org