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What does caress mean? Is caress a Scrabble word?

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Is caress a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1R1E1S1S1

Is caress a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1E1S1S1

Is caress a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word caress is a Words With Friends word. The word caress is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1E1S1S1

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6-letter words (7 found)

CARESS,CARSES,CRASES,ESCARS,SCARES,SCRAES,SERACS,

5-letter words (18 found)

ACERS,ACRES,ARSES,CARES,CARSE,CASES,CRASS,CRESS,ESCAR,RACES,RASES,RASSE,SASER,SCARE,SCARS,SCRAE,SEARS,SERAC,

4-letter words (25 found)

ACER,ACES,ACRE,AESC,ARCS,ARES,ARSE,CARE,CARS,CASE,CEAS,CESS,EARS,ERAS,RACE,RASE,RECS,SACS,SARS,SCAR,SEAR,SEAS,SECS,SERA,SERS,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,ARC,ARE,ARS,ASS,CAR,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,ESS,RAS,REC,RES,SAC,SAE,SAR,SEA,SEC,SER,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AR,AS,EA,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from caress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caress

caress

Etymology

From French caresse, from Italian carezza (“dear”), from Latin cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂-, akin to Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”). Doublet of karezza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

caress (plural caresses)

  1. An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]
  2. A gentle stroking or rubbing.

Translations

Verb

caress (third-person singular simple present caresses, present participle caressing, simple past and past participle caressed)

  1. (transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
    Synonyms: hold, soothe, stroke, kiss; see also Thesaurus:fondle, Thesaurus:kiss
  2. (transitive) To affect as if with a caress.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Crases, SERCAs, carses, casers, crases, sacres, scares, seracs, séracs

Source: wiktionary.org