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Is centaur a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word centaur is a Scrabble US word. The word centaur is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is centaur a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word centaur is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3E1N1T1A1U1R1

Is centaur a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word centaur is a Words With Friends word. The word centaur is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

CENTAUR,UNCRATE,UNTRACE,

6-letter words (16 found)

ACTURE,ACUTER,AUNTER,CANTER,CARNET,CAUTER,CENTRA,CREANT,CURATE,NATURE,NECTAR,RECANT,TANREC,TRANCE,UNCART,UNCATE,

5-letter words (29 found)

ACUTE,ANTRE,ARNUT,CANER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CENTU,CRANE,CRATE,CRENA,CRUET,CURAT,CURET,CUTER,EARNT,ENACT,ERUCT,NACRE,RANCE,REACT,RECTA,RECUT,TRACE,TRUCE,TUNER,URATE,URENA,URENT,

4-letter words (52 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,ANTE,ARET,AUNE,AUNT,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARN,CART,CATE,CENT,CERT,CRAN,CRUE,CUNT,CURE,CURN,CURT,CUTE,EARN,ECRU,ETNA,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RACE,RANT,RATE,RATU,RAUN,REAN,RENT,RUNE,RUNT,TACE,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TERN,TRUE,TUAN,TUNA,TUNE,TURN,UNCE,UREA,

3-letter words (50 found)

ACE,ACT,ANE,ANT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,CAN,CAR,CAT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,EAN,EAR,EAT,EAU,ECU,ERA,ERN,ETA,NAE,NAT,NET,NUR,NUT,RAN,RAT,REC,REN,RET,RUC,RUE,RUN,RUT,TAE,TAN,TAR,TAU,TEA,TEC,TEN,TUN,URE,URN,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,NA,NE,NU,RE,TA,TE,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 168 words from centaur according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of centaur

centaur

Alternative forms

  • Centaur

Etymology

From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĕn'tô(r), IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɔː(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɔː(ɹ)
  • (US, Canada, also) IPA(key): /ˈsɛntɑɹ/
  • Hyphenation: cen‧taur

Noun

centaur (plural centaurs)

  1. (Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
    Synonym: hippocentaur
  2. (astronomy, also capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
  3. (chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
  4. (by extension, artificial intelligence) A human and an AI who work together.

Derived terms

  • centaurial, centaurian, centauric, centauroid
  • centauress, centaurette
  • ichthyocentaur
  • onocentaur

Translations

See also

(mythical creature):

  • faun, horseman, minotaur, satyr

Further reading

  • Centaur (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • near cut, traunce, uncrate, untrace

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • kentaur

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛnˌtɑu̯ər/, /ˈkɛnˌtɑu̯ər/
  • Hyphenation: cen‧taur

Noun

centaur m (plural centauren, diminutive centaurtje n)

  1. centaur
    Synonyms: menspaard, paardmens

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin centaurus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛn.tawr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntawr
  • Syllabification: cen‧taur
  • Homophone: Centaur

Noun

centaur m animal

  1. (Greek mythology) centaur (mythical half-man, half-horse)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • centaur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • centaur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin centaurus.

Noun

centaur m (plural centauri)

  1. centaur

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org