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Is caramel a Scrabble word?

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

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Is caramel a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1A1M3E1L1

Is caramel a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (4 found)

CAMERAL,CARAMEL,CERAMAL,MACERAL,

6-letter words (4 found)

CALMER,CAMERA,MARCEL,RAMEAL,

5-letter words (23 found)

ALARM,ARAME,AREAL,ARECA,CAMEL,CARLE,CLAME,CLEAR,CRAAL,CRAME,CREAM,LACER,LAMER,MAARE,MACER,MACLE,MAERL,MALAR,MARAE,MARLE,RAMAL,REALM,RECAL,

4-letter words (46 found)

ACER,ACME,ACRE,ALAE,ALAR,ALEC,ALMA,ALME,AMLA,AREA,ARLE,CALM,CAMA,CAME,CARE,CARL,CLAM,CLEM,CRAM,CREM,EARL,LACE,LAER,LAMA,LAME,LARE,LEAM,LEAR,MAAR,MACA,MACE,MALA,MALE,MARA,MARC,MARE,MARL,MEAL,MELA,MERC,MERL,RACA,RACE,RALE,REAL,REAM,

3-letter words (31 found)

AAL,ACE,ALA,ALE,AMA,AME,ARC,ARE,ARM,CAA,CAL,CAM,CAR,CEL,EAR,ELM,ERA,ERM,LAC,LAM,LAR,LEA,MAA,MAC,MAE,MAL,MAR,MEL,RAM,REC,REM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AA,AE,AL,AM,AR,EA,EL,EM,ER,LA,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of caramel

caramel

Alternative forms

caromel (archaic)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand, General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/, /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
  • (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹ.ə.mɛl/, /ˈkɛɹ.ə.məl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹ.məl/, /ˈkɑɹ.ə.məl/, /ˈkɑɹ.ə.mɛl/

Usage notes

Both the two-syllable and the three-syllable pronunciations are very common in all regions of the United States. The three-syllable pronunciation is more common than the two-syllable one in the South (excluding western Texas), northern New Jersey, eastern New York, and New England, while the two-syllable one is more common in other regions.

Noun

caramel (countable and uncountable, plural caramels)

  1. (uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
  2. (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
  3. A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • fudge, toffee

Adjective

caramel (not comparable)

  1. Of a yellow-brown color.

Verb

caramel (third-person singular simple present caramels, present participle caramelling or carameling, simple past and past participle caramelled or carameled)

  1. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.

References

Further reading

  • caramel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Maracle, cameral, ceramal, maceral, reclama

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus. Doublet of caramell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.ɾəˈmɛl]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ka.ɾaˈmɛl]

Noun

caramel m (plural caramels)

  1. caramel (sticky confection made by heating sugar)
  2. candy, sweet

Derived terms

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, probably from Late Latin calamellus, and therefore doublet of the inherited chalumeau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁa.mɛl/

Noun

caramel m (plural caramels)

  1. caramel, fudge

Derived terms

  • caraméliser

Descendants

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • calmera, clamera, réclama

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caramel.

Noun

caramel n (plural carameluri)

  1. caramel

Declension


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