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Is cayenne a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cayenne is a Scrabble US word. The word cayenne is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is cayenne a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cayenne is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

CAYENNE,

5-letter words (3 found)

CANNY,NANCE,NANCY,

4-letter words (11 found)

ACNE,ANCE,CANE,CANN,CANY,CYAN,EYEN,EYNE,NANE,NENE,YEAN,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,ANE,ANN,ANY,AYE,CAN,CAY,CEE,EAN,EEN,ENE,EYE,NAE,NAN,NAY,NEE,NYE,YAE,YEA,YEN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AN,AY,EA,EE,EN,NA,NE,NY,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from cayenne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cayenne

cayenne

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɪˈɛn/, /keɪˈɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

cayenne (countable and uncountable, plural cayennes)

  1. Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
    Coordinate term: jalapeño
  2. spice in a figurative sense.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.jɛn/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *caya (“house”)

Noun

cayenne f (plural cayennes)

  1. (historical, military) navy barracks

Etymology 2

From poivre (piment) de Cayenne, from Cayenne.

Noun

cayenne m (uncountable)

  1. (cooking) cayenne pepper
    Synonyms: poivre de Cayenne, piment de Cayenne

Further reading

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

References


Source: wiktionary.org