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Is carnation a Scrabble word?

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

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Is carnation a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1R1N1A1T1I1O1N1

Is carnation a Words With Friends word?

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

C4A1R1N2A1T1I1O1N2

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9-letter words (1 found)

CARNATION,

8-letter words (1 found)

RAINCOAT,

7-letter words (9 found)

ACTINON,ANTICAR,CANTINA,CANTION,CAROTIN,CONARIA,CONTAIN,CORTINA,OCARINA,

6-letter words (36 found)

ACINAR,ACTION,AIRCON,ANCORA,ANOINT,ANTIAR,AORTIC,ARNICA,AROINT,ATOCIA,ATONIA,ATONIC,CANNOT,CANTAR,CANTON,CANTOR,CARINA,CARTON,CATION,CITRON,COAITA,CONTRA,CORTIN,CRANIA,CRATON,CRIANT,INCANT,INTRON,NAIANT,NATION,NATRON,NONART,RACINO,RATION,TANNIC,TORANA,

5-letter words (62 found)

AARTI,ACARI,ACORN,ACTIN,ACTON,ACTOR,ANCON,ANION,ANNAT,ANTAR,ANTIC,ANTRA,AORTA,ARIOT,ARTIC,ATRIA,CAIRN,CANNA,CANON,CANTO,CARAT,CARON,CARTA,COATI,CONIA,CONIN,CORIA,CORNI,COTAN,INTRA,INTRO,NAIRA,NARCO,NARIC,NITON,NITRO,NOINT,NORIA,OCTAN,ONTIC,ORANT,ORCIN,RACON,RAITA,RATAN,RATIO,RIANT,RIATA,RONIN,ROTAN,TACAN,TAIRA,TANNA,TAROC,TIARA,TONIC,TORAN,TORIC,TRAIN,TRIAC,TRONA,TRONC,

4-letter words (88 found)

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3-letter words (51 found)

ACT,AIA,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANA,ANI,ANN,ANT,ARC,ART,CAA,CAN,CAR,CAT,CIT,CON,COR,COT,INN,ION,ITA,NAN,NAT,NIT,NON,NOR,NOT,OAR,OAT,OCA,ORA,ORC,ORT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RIA,RIN,RIT,ROC,ROT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAR,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OR,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 264 words from carnation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carnation

carnation

Etymology

From Middle French carnation (“person's color or complexion”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

carnation (countable and uncountable, plural carnations)

  1. (botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
    1. originally, Dianthus caryophyllus
    2. other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
  2. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
  3. A rosy pink colour
  4. (archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
  5. A scarlet colour.

Synonyms

  • (plant, flower): clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus
  • (plant, flower): cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius

Derived terms

Related terms

  • carnal
  • carnassial
  • carnify
  • carnival
  • carnivore
  • carnosity
  • incarnadine
  • incarnate

Translations

Adjective

carnation (not comparable)

  1. Of a rosy pink or red colour.
  2. (archaic) Of a human flesh color.

Translations

See also

  • (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
  • gypsophila

Anagrams

  • Cantorian, Carnotian

French

Etymology

From Middle French, possibly from Italian carnagione (“flesh color”), either way from Late Latin carnātiōnem (“fleshiness”) (from Latin carō (“flesh”)), or from a corruption of coronation (from Latin corōnāre (“to crown”), from corōna (“crown”)), because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/

Noun

carnation f (countable and uncountable, plural carnations)

  1. (uncountable) a fleshy pinkish color (not the color of a carnation flower)
  2. (countable) skin tone
    Synonym: teint

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • connaitra, connaîtra

Source: wiktionary.org