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Is caret a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1R1E1T1

Is caret a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1E1T1

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

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5-letter words (7 found)

CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRATE,REACT,RECTA,TRACE,

4-letter words (12 found)

ACER,ACRE,ARET,CARE,CART,CATE,CERT,RACE,RATE,TACE,TARE,TEAR,

3-letter words (19 found)

ACE,ACT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAR,CAT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,RAT,REC,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEC,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from caret according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of caret

caret acret craet rcaet arcet racet caert acert ceart ecart aecrt eacrt creat rceat cerat ecrat recat ercat arect raect aerct earct react eract carte acrte crate rcate arcte racte catre actre ctare tcare atcre tacre crtae rctae ctrae tcrae rtcae trcae artce ratce atrce tarce rtace trace caetr acetr ceatr ecatr aectr eactr cater acter ctaer tcaer atcer tacer cetar ectar ctear tcear etcar tecar aetcr eatcr atecr taecr etacr teacr creta rceta certa ecrta recta ercta crtea rctea ctrea tcrea rtcea trcea cetra ectra ctera tcera etcra tecra retca ertca rteca treca etrca terca aretc raetc aertc eartc reatc eratc artec ratec atrec tarec rtaec traec aetrc eatrc aterc taerc etarc tearc retac ertac rteac treac etrac terac

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Definitions and meaning of caret

caret

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/, /ˈkæɹ.ət/, /ˈkɛɹ.ɪt/, /ˈkɛɹ.ət/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹ.ɪt/, /ˈkæɹ.ət/
  • Rhymes: -æɹɪt, -æɹət
  • (weak vowel merger) Homophones: carat, karat, carrot

Etymology 1

From the Latin caret (“it lacks”), the third-person singular present active indicative form of careō (“I lack”).

Noun

caret (plural carets)

  1. A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
  2. An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
  3. (user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
  4. (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
  5. (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
    • 1948, Bohumil Emil Mikula, Progressive Czech (Bohemian) (Chicago: Czechoslovak National Council of America), 6
      The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. The caret (ˇ) is also used over the vowel e (See Pronunciation II, b, p, v).
Hyponyms
  • inverted caret
Derived terms
  • caret notation
  • caretlike
Translations

Etymology 2

From French caret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛt/

Noun

caret (plural carets)

  1. (archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).

References

  • “caret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Carte, Cater, Trace, acter, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, recta, reäct, trace

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁɛ/

Etymology 1

Early borrowing from Spanish carey.

Noun

caret m (plural carets)

  1. loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
    Synonyms: caouanne, tortue carette
  2. hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
    Synonyms: tortue imbriquée, tortue à écailles

Etymology 2

From car +‎ -et.

Noun

caret m (plural carets)

  1. spool, reel
    Synonym: dévidoir
  2. yarn (thread of a rope)
Derived terms
  • fil de caret

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin carex.

Noun

caret m (plural carets)

  1. (dated) carex, sedge
    Synonyms: carex, laîche, rouche, careiche

Etymology 4

Inherited from Latin caret (“it lacks”).

Noun

caret m (plural carets)

  1. caret (symbol)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • acter, carte, carté, créât, écart, terça, trace, tracé

Latin

Verb

caret

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of careō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caret.

Noun

caret m (plural careți)

  1. hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, a sea turtle)

Declension

References

  • caret in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • carit (literary)
  • carset (colloquial)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɛt/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːrɛt/, /ˈkarɛt/

Verb

caret

  1. second-person singular conditional colloquial of caru

Mutation


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