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Is cereal a Scrabble word?

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

C3E1R1E1A1L1

Is cereal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cereal is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3E1R1E1A1L1

Is cereal a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cereal is a Words With Friends word. The word cereal is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4E1R1E1A1L2

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6-letter words (3 found)

ALERCE,CEREAL,RELACE,

5-letter words (8 found)

CARLE,CLEAR,CREEL,LACER,LAREE,LEARE,LEEAR,RECAL,

4-letter words (21 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,ALEE,ARLE,CARE,CARL,CERE,CREE,EALE,EARL,LACE,LAER,LARE,LEAR,LEER,LERE,RACE,RALE,REAL,REEL,

3-letter words (18 found)

ACE,ALE,ARC,ARE,CAL,CAR,CEE,CEL,EAR,EEL,ERA,ERE,LAC,LAR,LEA,LEE,REC,REE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AR,EA,EE,EL,ER,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from cereal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cereal

cereal

Etymology

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɚ.i.əl/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [ˈsiːɹiəl]
  • Homophone: serial

Noun

cereal (countable and uncountable, plural cereals)

  1. (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
  2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
  3. (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

Synonyms

  • (edible grains): foodgrain

Hyponyms

  • (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

Related terms

  • crescent
  • sincere

Translations

Further reading

  • Lists of cereals at Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Carlee, alerce, claree, cleare, relace

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.ɾeˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [se.ɾeˈal]

Noun

cereal m (plural cereals)

  1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
  2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
  3. (in the plural) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Further reading

  • “cereal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “cereal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “cereal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “cereal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeɾeˈal/

Noun

cereal m (plural cereais)

  1. cereal

Further reading

  • “cereal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsɛ.ɾɛ.ˈaw/, /ˌsɛ.ˈɾjaw/
  • Homophone: serial
  • Rhymes: -al, -aw

Noun

cereal m (plural cereais)

  1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
  2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
  3. breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Hypernyms

  • (type of grass): gramínea

Hyponyms

  • (Cereals) cereal; arroz, aveia, centeio, cevada, fonio, milhete/milheto, milho, sorgo, trigo, triticale

Related terms

Further reading

  • “cereal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θeɾeˈal/ [θe.ɾeˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /seɾeˈal/ [se.ɾeˈal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ce‧re‧al

Noun

cereal m (plural cereales)

  1. cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
  2. (uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
  3. (in the plural) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org