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Is careen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word careen is a Scrabble US word. The word careen is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

C3A1R1E1E1N1

Is careen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word careen is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3A1R1E1E1N1

Is careen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word careen is a Words With Friends word. The word careen is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1E1E1N2

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6-letter words (3 found)

CAREEN,ENRACE,RECANE,

5-letter words (8 found)

ARENE,CANER,CERNE,CRANE,CRENA,NACRE,RANCE,RANEE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,CANE,CARE,CARN,CERE,CRAN,CREE,EARN,ERNE,NARC,NARE,NEAR,RACE,REAN,REEN,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,ANE,ARC,ARE,CAN,CAR,CEE,EAN,EAR,EEN,ENE,ERA,ERE,ERN,NAE,NEE,RAN,REC,REE,REN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AN,AR,EA,EE,EN,ER,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from careen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of careen

careen

Etymology

Late 16th century, from French carène (“keel”), from Genoese Ligurian carena, from Latin carīna (“keel of a ship”). Doublet of carene and carina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Verb

careen (third-person singular simple present careens, present participle careening, simple past and past participle careened)

  1. (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
  2. (nautical, intransitive) To tilt on one side.
    Synonym: heel
  3. (intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
  4. (intransitive) To tilt or lean while in motion. [from late 19th c.]
  5. (intransitive, chiefly US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly. [from at least early 20th c.]
  6. (intransitive, chiefly US) To move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Usage notes

The "move rapidly" senses are considered by some, especially in British English, to be an error due to confusion with "career".

Derived terms

  • careenage

Translations

Noun

careen (plural careens)

  1. (nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.

Anagrams

  • Cerean, carene, crenae, enrace, recane

Spanish

Verb

careen

  1. inflection of carear:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Source: wiktionary.org