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

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Is citrine a Scrabble UK word?

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

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7-letter words (4 found)

CITRINE,CRINITE,INCITER,NERITIC,

6-letter words (7 found)

CITRIN,CRETIN,INCITE,INTIRE,IRENIC,NITRIC,TINIER,

5-letter words (13 found)

CITER,CRINE,ICIER,INERT,INTER,NICER,NITER,NITRE,RECIT,RECTI,RICIN,TRICE,TRINE,

4-letter words (25 found)

CENT,CERT,CINE,CIRE,CITE,CRIT,ERIC,ETIC,ICER,INTI,NICE,NITE,REIN,RENT,RICE,RINE,RITE,TEIN,TERN,TICE,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (18 found)

CIT,ERN,ICE,IRE,NET,NIE,NIT,REC,REI,REN,RET,RIN,RIT,TEC,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NE,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 77 words from citrine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of citrine

citrine

Alternative forms

  • citrean
  • citrinous

Etymology

From French citrin, from Latin citrus.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɹin/, /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtɹain/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɪtɹiːn/, /ˈsɪtɹin/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɹiːn, (General American) -ɪtɹən
  • Homophones: Citroën (UK), citron (General American)

Noun

citrine (countable and uncountable, plural citrines)

  1. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon.
    • c. 1398, quoted in Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, 1962, page 1242:
      dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene.
  2. A brownish-yellow quartz.

Translations

Adjective

citrine (not comparable)

  1. Of a goldish-yellow colour.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • false topaz
  • Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

  • citiner, crinite, inciter, neritic, retinic, tricine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.tʁin/

Noun

citrine f (plural citrines)

  1. citrine

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

citrine

  1. feminine plural of citrino

Anagrams

  • Incerti, cretini, incerti, increti, recinti, ricinte

Latin

Adjective

citrīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of citrīnus

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • citryn, sitrine, citherin, citryne, cytryne, citrin

Etymology

Medieval Latin citrīnus.

Pronunciation

  • (Early ME) IPA(key): /tsit(ə)ˈriːnə/
  • IPA(key): /sit(ə)ˈriːn(ə)/

Noun

citrine (plural citrines)

  1. citron (Citrus medica)
  2. orange, red-yellow, amber (colour)
  3. brownish-yellow (colour)
  4. sallow, having yellowish skin

Descendants

  • English: citrine

References

  • “citrīn(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
  • “citrīne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

citrine

  1. orange, red-yellow, amber (colour)
  2. brownish-yellow (colour)
  3. sallow, having yellowish skin

Descendants

  • English: citrine

References

  • “citrīn(e, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

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