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Yes. The word charlatan is a Scrabble US word. The word charlatan is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is charlatan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word charlatan is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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

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9-letter words (1 found)

CHARLATAN,

8-letter words (1 found)

ANARCHAL,

7-letter words (4 found)

ACANTHA,CANTALA,CANTHAL,NACARAT,

6-letter words (13 found)

ACANTH,ANARCH,ANTARA,ANTRAL,ARCANA,CALTHA,CANTAL,CANTAR,CARNAL,CHALAN,CHARTA,HARTAL,TARNAL,

5-letter words (34 found)

ACHAR,ALANT,ALTAR,ANATA,ANTAR,ANTRA,ARHAT,ARTAL,CANAL,CARAT,CARTA,CHANA,CHANT,CHARA,CHART,CLART,CRAAL,LAHAR,LANCH,LARCH,LARNT,LATAH,LATCH,NAHAL,NATAL,NATCH,RANCH,RATAL,RATAN,RATCH,RATHA,TACAN,TALAR,THANA,

4-letter words (48 found)

ACTA,ALAN,ALAR,ANAL,ANTA,ARCH,ARNA,CANT,CARL,CARN,CART,CHAL,CHAR,CHAT,CLAN,CLAT,CRAN,HAAR,HALT,HANT,HARL,HARN,HART,LANA,LANT,LARN,LATH,NACH,NALA,NARC,RACA,RACH,RANA,RANT,RATA,RATH,TAAL,TACH,TAHA,TAHR,TALA,TALC,TANA,TANH,TARA,TARN,THAN,THAR,

3-letter words (31 found)

AAH,AAL,ACH,ACT,AHA,ALA,ALT,ANA,ANT,ARC,ART,CAA,CAL,CAN,CAR,CAT,CHA,HAN,HAT,LAC,LAH,LAR,LAT,NAH,NAT,NTH,RAH,RAN,RAT,TAN,TAR,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AH,AL,AN,AR,AT,CH,HA,LA,NA,TA,

You can make 143 words from charlatan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of charlatan

charlatan

Etymology

From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano (“quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑɹlətən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːlətən/
  • Hyphenation: char‧la‧tan

Noun

charlatan (plural charlatans)

  1. (obsolete) A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
  2. A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
    Synonyms: trickster, swindler; see also Thesaurus:deceiver

Related terms

  • charlatanism
  • charlatanry

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ciarlatano. Pejorative meaning first recorded 1668.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.la.tɑ̃/

Noun

charlatan m (plural charlatans, feminine charlatane)

  1. (dated) a streetseller of medicines
  2. a charlatan (trickster)
  3. a quack

Descendants

  • → Turkish: şarlatan
  • → Romanian: șarlatan

Further reading

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

Middle French

Noun

charlatan m (plural charlatans)

  1. a street-seller of medicines

Descendants

  • → English: charlatan
  • French: charlatan
    • → Romanian: șarlatan

Swedish

Etymology

From French charlatan. Cognate of English charlatan, German Scharlatan.

Noun

charlatan c

  1. fraudster, deceiver

Declension

Derived terms

  • charlataneri

References

  • charlatan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • charlatan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • charlatan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org