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Is claret a Scrabble word?

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

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Is claret a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (4 found)

CARTEL,CLARET,RECTAL,TARCEL,

5-letter words (21 found)

ALERT,ALTER,ARTEL,CARET,CARLE,CARTE,CATER,CLART,CLEAR,CLEAT,CRATE,ECLAT,LACER,LACET,LATER,RATEL,REACT,RECAL,RECTA,TALER,TRACE,

4-letter words (31 found)

ACER,ACRE,ALEC,ARET,ARLE,CARE,CARL,CART,CATE,CELT,CERT,CLAT,EARL,LACE,LAER,LARE,LATE,LEAR,LEAT,RACE,RALE,RATE,REAL,TACE,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TELA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAL,CAR,CAT,CEL,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ETA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,RAT,REC,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from claret according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of claret

claret

Etymology

From Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin claratum vīnum, from clārus.

Compare tent (“Spanish red wine”), also from color

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklæɹɪt/, /ˈklæɹət/ IPA(key): /klɛːɹət/
  • (hyperforeign) IPA(key): /ˈklæɹɪ/, /ˈklæɹə/, /klɛːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -æɹɪt, -æɹət, (hyperforeign) -æɹɪ, (hyperforeign) -æɹə

Noun

claret (countable and uncountable, plural clarets)

  1. (chiefly UK) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
    Synonym: (Australia) traditional dry red
    Coordinate terms: hock, sack, tent
    • The New Sporting Magazine (volume 15, page 23)
      The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.
  2. A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.
  3. (UK, colloquial, dated) Blood.

Derived terms

  • claretcup
  • claret jug
  • claret would be port if it could
  • clarety
  • Gladstone claret

Translations

Adjective

claret (comparative more claret, superlative most claret)

  1. Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

Verb

claret (third-person singular simple present clarets, present participle clareting, simple past and past participle clareted)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To drink claret.

See also

  • (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)

References

Further reading

  • Paper from the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia on generic wine terminology
  • Oxford Companion to Wine – Claret

Anagrams

  • arclet, cartel, lacert, rectal

Latin

Verb

clāret

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of clārō

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • clerat, clerote, cleret

Etymology

Old French claret, from Medieval Latin claratum (vinum).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klaˈrɛt/, /ˈklarɛt/

Noun

claret (plural clarets)

  1. clary (Salvia sclarea)
  2. clary water

References

  • “claret, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

claret

  1. (referring to wine) pink, pink-purple, light

Descendants

  • English: claret

References

  • “claret, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

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Source: wiktionary.org