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Yes. The word carambola is a Scrabble US word. The word carambola is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word carambola is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word carambola is a Words With Friends word. The word carambola is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CARAMBOLA,

7-letter words (4 found)

BACALAO,CALAMAR,CARABAO,CARAMBA,

6-letter words (10 found)

ABORAL,AMORAL,BROMAL,CABALA,CLAMOR,COMARB,CRAMBO,LABARA,MARACA,RAMBLA,

5-letter words (36 found)

ABACA,ABOMA,ABRAM,ALAMO,ALARM,ARABA,AROBA,AROMA,BARCA,BOLAR,BORAL,CABAL,CARBO,CAROB,CAROL,CAROM,CLARO,CLOAM,CLOMB,COALA,COARB,COBRA,COMAL,CORAL,CORAM,CRAAL,CROMB,LABOR,LABRA,LOBAR,MACRO,MALAR,MOLAR,MORAL,RAMAL,ROMAL,

4-letter words (53 found)

ABAC,ACRO,ALAR,ALBA,ALCO,ALMA,AMBO,AMLA,ARBA,ARCO,BAAL,BALM,BARM,BLAM,BLOC,BOAR,BOLA,BOMA,BORA,BORM,CABA,CALM,CALO,CAMA,CAMO,CARB,CARL,CLAM,COAL,COLA,COMA,COMB,CORM,CRAB,CRAM,LAMA,LAMB,LOAM,LOCA,LOMA,MAAR,MACA,MALA,MARA,MARC,MARL,MOLA,MORA,ORAL,ORCA,RACA,ROAM,ROMA,

3-letter words (54 found)

AAL,ABA,ABO,ALA,ALB,AMA,ARB,ARC,ARM,BAA,BAC,BAL,BAM,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOR,BRA,BRO,CAA,CAB,CAL,CAM,CAR,COB,COL,COR,LAB,LAC,LAM,LAR,LOB,LOR,MAA,MAC,MAL,MAR,MOA,MOB,MOC,MOL,MOR,OAR,OBA,OCA,OLM,OMA,ORA,ORB,ORC,RAM,ROB,ROC,ROM,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AB,AL,AM,AR,BA,BO,LA,LO,MA,MO,OB,OM,OR,

You can make 172 words from carambola according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carambola

carambola

Wikispecies

Etymology

Presumably from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), via Portuguese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkæɹəmˈbəʊlə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə

Noun

carambola (plural carambolas)

  1. A tree species native of southern Asia, Averrhoa carambola.
  2. The fruit of this tree, more commonly known as star fruit.
  3. A yellow colour, like that of a carambola.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾəmˈbɔ.lə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ka.ɾamˈbɔ.la]

Noun

carambola f (plural caramboles)

  1. star fruit
  2. carom

Derived terms

  • caramboler

Further reading

  • “carambola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃.bɔ.la/
  • Homophones: carambolas, carambolât

Verb

carambola

  1. third-person singular past historic of caramboler

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈram.bo.la/
  • Rhymes: -ambola
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ràm‧bo‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

carambola f (plural carambole)

  1. cannon, carom (in snooker etc.)
  2. star fruit

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

carambola

  1. inflection of carambolare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology

Via Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).

Pronunciation

Noun

carambola f (plural carambolas)

  1. star fruit (fruit)

Related terms

  • caramboleira

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese carambola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾamˈbola/ [ka.ɾãmˈbo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: ca‧ram‧bo‧la

Noun

carambola f (plural carambolas)

  1. star fruit
  2. fluke
  3. double whammy; act of killing two birds with one stone
  4. (snooker, pool, billiards) cannon
  5. (snooker, pool, billiards) three-cushion shot
    Continuaban desocupadas las mesas en redor, los músicos charlaban en el palco, y del salón de billares llegaba el ruido de tacos con que algunos entusiastas aplaudían una carambola complicadísima.

Related terms

Further reading

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

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