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Is caribou a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word caribou is a Scrabble US word. The word caribou is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is caribou a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word caribou is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3A1R1I1B3O1U1

Is caribou a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word caribou is a Words With Friends word. The word caribou is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CARIBOU,

6-letter words (1 found)

CABRIO,

5-letter words (16 found)

AURIC,BARIC,BORIC,CARBO,CAROB,CAURI,COARB,COBIA,COBRA,CORIA,COURB,CURIA,CURIO,RABIC,RUBAI,URBIA,

4-letter words (23 found)

ABRI,ACRO,ARCO,BAUR,BIRO,BOAR,BORA,BRIO,BURA,CARB,CIAO,COIR,COUR,CRAB,CRIA,CRIB,CURB,OBIA,ORCA,RABI,RIBA,URAO,URIC,

3-letter words (38 found)

ABO,AIR,ARB,ARC,BAC,BAO,BAR,BIO,BOA,BOI,BOR,BRA,BRO,BRU,BUR,CAB,CAR,COB,COR,CRU,CUB,CUR,OAR,OBA,OBI,OCA,ORA,ORB,ORC,OUR,RAI,RIA,RIB,ROB,ROC,RUB,RUC,URB,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AI,AR,BA,BI,BO,IO,OB,OI,OR,OU,UR,

You can make 91 words from caribou according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caribou

caribou

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”) (compare qalipi (“to shovel snow”)), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou; it shovels snow”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kăr'ĭ-bū
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəbu/
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkærɪbuː/

Noun

caribou (plural caribous or caribou)

  1. Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.

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Translations

References

  • caribou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Rangifer tarandus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • boricua

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁi.bu/

Noun

caribou m (plural caribous)

  1. (Canada) caribou

Descendants

  • → Dutch: kariboe
  • → English: caribou
  • → Italian: caribù
  • → Irish: carabú
  • → Portuguese: caribu
  • → Russian: кари́бу (karíbu)
  • → Spanish: caribú
    • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: caribú

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • courbai

Source: wiktionary.org