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Is carat a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word carat is a Scrabble US word. The word carat is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is carat a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word carat is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

C3A1R1A1T1

Is carat a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carat is a Words With Friends word. The word carat is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1A1T1

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5-letter words (2 found)

CARAT,CARTA,

4-letter words (5 found)

ACTA,CART,RACA,RATA,TARA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ACT,ARC,ART,CAA,CAR,CAT,RAT,TAR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AR,AT,TA,

You can make 19 words from carat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of carat

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Definitions and meaning of carat

carat

Alternative forms

  • (unit of purity): karat, k (North America)

Etymology

From Middle French carat, from Italian carato, from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat, similarly small units such as inches”), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “hornlet, carob seed”), from κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ιον (-ion, “forming diminutives”). Doublet of karat and quilate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ət/
  • Rhymes: -æɹət
  • Homophones: karat, carrot, caret (weak vowel merger)

Noun

carat (plural carats)

  1. A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls .
    Meronym: grain
  2. (historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
  3. A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.

Hyponyms

  • metric carat (SI unit equal to 0.2 g exactly), quilate (historical Iberian and Latin American contexts)

Derived terms

  • metric carat

Translations

Anagrams

  • ATRAC, Carta

French

Noun

carat m (plural carats)

  1. carat

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation in 1360 in the plural as quarais. Attested in the singular as quaret at least as early as 1433. Spellings with an initial c- first attested 1367.

Noun

carat m (plural caras or caraz)

  1. carat (measure of purity of gold)

Descendants

  • → English: carat

References

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarəd/

Noun

carat

  1. genitive singular/plural of cara (“friend; relative”)

Mutation

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkarad]

Noun

carat

  1. genitive singular/dual/plural of cara

Mutation

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French carat.

Noun

carat n (plural carate)

  1. carat, karat

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org