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Is caravan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word caravan is a Scrabble US word. The word caravan is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is caravan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word caravan is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is caravan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word caravan is a Words With Friends word. The word caravan is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CARAVAN,

6-letter words (1 found)

ARCANA,

5-letter words (3 found)

NAVAR,VARAN,VARNA,

4-letter words (8 found)

ARNA,CARN,CAVA,CRAN,NARC,RACA,RANA,VARA,

3-letter words (12 found)

ANA,ARC,AVA,CAA,CAN,CAR,NAV,RAN,RAV,VAC,VAN,VAR,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AN,AR,NA,

You can make 29 words from caravan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caravan

caravan

Etymology

From Middle French caravane, from Old French carvane, from Persian کاروان (kârvân), from Middle Persian kʾlwʾn' (kārawān), from Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) (whence Old English here).

The word was used to designate a group of people who were travelling by camel or horse on the Silk Road. Doublet of Kairouan.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kărˈə-văn, IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəvæn/
  • (Wales) IPA(key): /kaɾəˈvan/

Noun

caravan (plural caravans)

  1. A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.
    Synonyms: camel train, caravanserai, convoy, pack train, wagon train
  2. (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa) A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.
    Synonyms: camper (US), motor home, recreational vehicle, RV, trailer, travel trailer

Derived terms

  • caravan city
  • caravaneer
  • caravan park, caravan parker
  • caravan site
  • motor caravan
  • static caravan

Related terms

  • caravanserai, caravansary
  • van

Descendants

  • → Dutch: caravan
  • → Turkish: karavan

Translations

Verb

caravan (third-person singular simple present caravans, present participle caravaning or caravanning, simple past and past participle caravaned or caravanned)

  1. To travel in a caravan (procession).
    The wedding party got in their cars and caravaned from the chapel to the reception hall.
    • 1984, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Information Retrieval Limited, Animal Behaviour Abstracts, Volume 12, page 73,
      Observations of caravaning were made on the domesticated musk shrew (Suncus murinus) with particular reference to its developmental aspects.
  2. (UK, Australia) To travel and/or live in a caravan (vehicle).
    When my parents retired they really got back into caravanning.
    • 1932, Walter Meade, Caravanning, Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin, The Cecil Aldin Book, page 55,
      It has to be remembered that, however enchanting the idea of caravanning may be, it is unlikely that it will consist entirely of watching sunsets and other people working — two of the most fascinating sights I know — but there are, regrettably enough, other and less romantic elements.

Derived terms

  • caravanner

Further reading

  • "caravan", entry in The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
  • “caravan”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English caravan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.rəˌvɛn/, /ˈkɑ.rəˌvɑn/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧van

Noun

caravan m (plural caravans, diminutive caravannetje n)

  1. caravan (type of trailer, mobile home)

Derived terms

  • stacaravan

Related terms

  • karavaan

Source: wiktionary.org