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Is carabao a Scrabble word?

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

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Is carabao a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1A1B3A1O1

Is carabao a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carabao is a Words With Friends word. The word carabao is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1A1B4A1O1

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7-letter words (1 found)

CARABAO,

5-letter words (8 found)

ABACA,ARABA,AROBA,BARCA,CARBO,CAROB,COARB,COBRA,

4-letter words (11 found)

ABAC,ACRO,ARBA,ARCO,BOAR,BORA,CABA,CARB,CRAB,ORCA,RACA,

3-letter words (25 found)

ABA,ABO,ARB,ARC,BAA,BAC,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOR,BRA,BRO,CAA,CAB,CAR,COB,COR,OAR,OBA,OCA,ORA,ORB,ORC,ROB,ROC,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AB,AR,BA,BO,OB,OR,

You can make 52 words from carabao according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carabao

carabao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carabao, from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy), Halang kơpùa, Indonesian kerbau, Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦺꦴ (kebo), Thai กระบือ (grà-bʉʉ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæɹəˈbeɪəʊ/

Noun

carabao (plural carabaos)

  1. A domesticated subspecies of water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis carabanesis.

Translations

See also

  • carabao English
  • carabao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Bubalus bubalis carabanesis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Khmer ក្របី (krɑbəy, “water buffalo”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈbao/ [ka.ɾaˈβ̞a.o]
  • Rhymes: -ao
  • Syllabification: ca‧ra‧ba‧o

Noun

carabao m (plural carabaos, feminine caraballa, feminine plural caraballas)

  1. water buffalo

References

Further reading

  • “carabao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org