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

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6-letter words (4 found)

CARTEL,CLARET,RECTAL,TARCEL,

5-letter words (21 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARTEL,CARET,CARLE,CARTE,CATER,CLART,CLEAR,CLEAT,CRATE,ECLAT,LACER,LACET,LATER,RATEL,REACT,RECAL,RECTA,TALER,TRACE,

4-letter words (31 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,ARET,ARLE,CARE,CARL,CART,CATE,CELT,CERT,CLAT,EARL,LACE,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAR,LEAT,RACE,RALE,RATE,REAL,TACE,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAL,CAR,CAT,CEL,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,REC,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from cartel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cartel

cartel

Etymology

In the business sense, borrowed from German Kartell, first used by Eugen Richter in 1871 in the Reichstag. In the political sense, which was the vehicle for this metaphor, the English sense, like the German sense, was borrowed from French cartel in the sixteenth century, from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta (“card, page”), from Latin charta.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑːˈtɛl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈtɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

cartel (plural cartels)

  2. (economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
  3. (historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action.
  4. (historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge.
  5. (historical, law) An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
  6. (historical, nautical) A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.

Derived terms

  • cartelize
  • cartelization
  • citation cartel
  • drug cartel

Descendants

  • → Spanish: cártel

Translations

Further reading

  • cartel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Claret, arclet, claret, lacert, rectal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cartello, diminutive of carta, from Latin carta. Related to English card.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ.tɛl/

Noun

cartel m (plural cartels)

  1. a cartel

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: cartel
  • → Swedish: kartell
  • → Turkish: kartel

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • clarté
  • rectal
  • tacler

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cartel.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: car‧tel

Noun

cartel m (plural cartéis)

  1. (economics) cartel (a group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market)

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • картел (cartel) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French cartel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /karˈtel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Hyphenation: car‧tel

Noun

cartel n (plural carteluri)

  1. cartel

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈtel/ [kaɾˈt̪el]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: car‧tel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cartel or Catalan cartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

  1. poster, placard, bill, banner
    Coordinate terms: letrero, placa, señal
  2. lineup, billing
  3. the "now-showing" board in a cinema or playhouse
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cartel, itself borrowed from German Kartell.

Noun

cartel m (plural carteles)

  1. cartel (group of businesses that collude to limit competition)
  2. criminal organization, mafia, mob
Alternative forms
  • cártel

Further reading

  • “cartel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org