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Is caravel a Scrabble word?

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

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Is caravel a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

CARAVEL,

6-letter words (4 found)

CALVER,CARVEL,CLAVER,LARVAE,

5-letter words (22 found)

ALVAR,AREAL,ARECA,ARVAL,AVALE,CALVE,CARLE,CARVE,CAVEL,CAVER,CLAVE,CLEAR,CRAAL,CRAVE,LACER,LARVA,LAVER,LAVRA,RAVEL,RECAL,VAREC,VELAR,

4-letter words (33 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALAE,ALAR,ALEC,AREA,ARLE,AVAL,AVEL,AVER,CARE,CARL,CAVA,CAVE,EARL,LACE,LAER,LARE,LAVA,LAVE,LEAR,LEVA,RACA,RACE,RALE,RAVE,REAL,VALE,VARA,VARE,VEAL,VELA,VERA,

3-letter words (25 found)

AAL,ACE,ALA,ALE,ARC,ARE,AVA,AVE,CAA,CAL,CAR,CEL,EAR,ERA,LAC,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEV,RAV,REC,REV,VAC,VAE,VAR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AE,AL,AR,EA,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from caravel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caravel

caravel

Etymology

From Middle French caravelle, from Old French caruelle, carvelle (“caravel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela (“caravel”), a diminutive of caravo, carabo (“type of small vessel”), from Late Latin carabus (“small wicker boat decked with hide”), from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́rabos, “type of light ship; kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəvɛl/, /ˌkæɹəˈvɛl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəvɛl/, /ˈkɛ-/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧vel

Noun

caravel (plural caravels)

  2. (nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
    Synonym: (one sense) carvel

Alternative forms

  • caraval (obsolete)
  • carvel
  • caravelle

Translations

Notes

References

Further reading

  • caravel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • acerval

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 18th century. Probably from Catalan clavell. Compare Spanish clavel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑɾaˈβɛl/

Noun

caravel m (plural caraveis)

  1. carnation (flower)
Related terms
  • caraveleira

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑɾaˈβɛl/

Noun

caravel m (plural caraveis)

  1. Alternative form of carabela

References

  • “caravel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “caravel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “caravel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Source: wiktionary.org