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What does cemetery mean? Is cemetery a Scrabble word?

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Is cemetery a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cemetery is a Scrabble US word. The word cemetery is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

C3E1M3E1T1E1R1Y4

Is cemetery a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cemetery is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

C3E1M3E1T1E1R1Y4

Is cemetery a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cemetery is a Words With Friends word. The word cemetery is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4E1M4E1T1E1R1Y3

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8-letter words (1 found)

CEMETERY,

6-letter words (4 found)

CERMET,MEETER,REMEET,TEEMER,

5-letter words (12 found)

CERTY,CREME,EMCEE,EMEER,EMERY,ERECT,MERCY,METER,METRE,REMET,RETEM,TERCE,

4-letter words (27 found)

CERE,CERT,CETE,CREE,CREM,CYME,CYTE,EERY,EYER,EYRE,MEER,MEET,MERC,MERE,METE,RETE,TEEM,TEER,TEME,TERM,TREE,TREM,TREY,TRYE,TYEE,TYER,TYRE,

3-letter words (20 found)

CEE,CRY,EME,ERE,ERM,EYE,MEE,MET,MYC,REC,REE,REM,RET,RYE,TEC,TEE,TRY,TYE,YER,YET,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EM,ER,ET,ME,MY,RE,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 74 words from cemetery according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cemetery

cemetery

English

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) cœmeterium, cœmetery
  • (misspelling) cemetary

Etymology

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/, /ˈsem.ɘˌtiəɹ.i/
  • (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): [ˈsɪm.əˌtɛ.ɪ]

Noun

cemetery (plural cemeteries)

  2. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cemetery

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jamaican Creole: simitri

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Source: wiktionary.org