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Is coconut a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word coconut is a Scrabble US word. The word coconut is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3O1C3O1N1U1T1

Is coconut a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word coconut is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3O1C3O1N1U1T1

Is coconut a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word coconut is a Words With Friends word. The word coconut is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1C4O1N2U2T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

COCONUT,

5-letter words (2 found)

CONTO,COUNT,

4-letter words (12 found)

COCO,COON,COOT,CUNT,NOUT,ONTO,OONT,TOCO,TOON,TOUN,UNCO,UNTO,

3-letter words (15 found)

CON,COO,COT,CUT,NOO,NOT,NUT,ONO,OON,OOT,OUT,TOC,TON,TOO,TUN,

2-letter words (8 found)

NO,NU,ON,OO,OU,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 38 words from coconut according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of coconut

coconut

Alternative forms

  • cocoanut (dated)
  • cokernut (archaic)

Etymology

From coco +‎ nut. In reference to assimilated Hispanic or Black people, derived from the fruit's exotic origins and the slur that they are "brown on the outside, white on the inside". In reference to Polynesians, from the ubiquity of coconut palms in the area.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.kə.nʌt/, [ˈkʰoʊ̯.kə.nʌt]
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/, [ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nʌt], [ˈkʰəʊ̯.kə.nɐt]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkəʉ.kə.nat/, [ˈkʰəʉ̯.kə.nat]
  • Rhymes: -əʊkənʌt

Noun

coconut (countable and uncountable, plural coconuts)

  1. A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
  2. A hard-shelled seed of this fruit, having white flesh and a fluid-filled central cavity.
  3. (uncountable) The edible white flesh of this fruit.
  4. The coconut palm.
  5. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A Hispanic or other dark-skinned person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a race traitor.
  6. (South Africa, Australia, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person considered to have overly assimilated to white culture, a black race traitor.
    Synonyms: Oreo, Uncle Tom
  7. (New Zealand, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Pacific islander.
  8. (slang) A female breast.
  9. (slang) The human head.
    Synonym: nut

Hypernyms

  • (fruit): fruit
  • (POC assimilated into white culture): race traitor

Coordinate terms

  • (POC assimilated into white culture): banana, egg, Oreo, Twinkie

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: ココナッツ (kokonattsu)

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Source: wiktionary.org