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Is carnival a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word carnival is a Scrabble US word. The word carnival is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is carnival a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word carnival is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

C3A1R1N1I1V4A1L1

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Yes. The word carnival is a Words With Friends word. The word carnival is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

CARNIVAL,

7-letter words (3 found)

CARINAL,CLARAIN,CRANIAL,

6-letter words (11 found)

ACINAR,AIRVAC,ARNICA,CARINA,CARLIN,CARNAL,CAVIAR,CRANIA,CRINAL,NARIAL,RACIAL,

5-letter words (33 found)

ACARI,ALVAR,ANVIL,ARVAL,AVAIL,AVIAN,CAIRN,CANAL,CAVIL,CLAVI,CRAAL,INVAR,LAARI,LANAI,LARVA,LAVRA,LIANA,LINAC,NAIRA,NARIC,NAVAL,NAVAR,NIVAL,RAVIN,RIVAL,VARAN,VARIA,VARNA,VICAR,VINAL,VINCA,VIRAL,VRAIC,

4-letter words (48 found)

ACAI,AIRN,ALAN,ALAR,ANAL,ANIL,ARIA,ARIL,ARNA,AVAL,CAIN,CARL,CARN,CAVA,CIRL,CLAN,CRAN,CRIA,LAIC,LAIN,LAIR,LANA,LARI,LARN,LAVA,LIAR,LIRA,NAIL,NALA,NARC,NIRL,RACA,RAIA,RAIL,RAIN,RANA,RANI,RIAL,RIVA,VAIL,VAIN,VAIR,VALI,VARA,VIAL,VINA,VIRL,VRIL,

3-letter words (30 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIN,AIR,ALA,ANA,ANI,ARC,AVA,CAA,CAL,CAN,CAR,LAC,LAR,LAV,LIN,NAV,NIL,RAI,RAN,RAV,RIA,RIN,VAC,VAN,VAR,VIA,VIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AI,AL,AN,AR,IN,LA,LI,NA,

You can make 135 words from carnival according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carnival

carnival

Alternative forms

  • carnaval (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French carnaval, from Italian carnevale, possibly from the Latin phrase carnem levāmen (“meat dismissal”). Other scholars suggest Latin carnuālia (“meat-based country feast”) or carrus nāvālis (“boat wagon; float”) instead. Doublet of carnaval.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɪvəl/, [ˈkɑːnɪvl̩]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/, [ˈkɑɹnɪvl̩]; /kɑɹnəˈvɑl/ (referring to pre-Lenten festivals in various Romance-speaking countries)
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkaːnɪvəl/, [ˈkaːnɪvl̩]

Noun

carnival (plural carnivals)

  1. Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
  2. A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
  3. (US) A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
  4. (sociology) A context in which transgression or inversion of the social order is given temporary license. Derived from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin.
  5. (figurative) A gaudily chaotic situation.

Coordinate terms

  • mardi gras

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: カーニバル

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References

Further reading

  • carnival on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mardi Gras on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org