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Is combat a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word combat is a Scrabble US word. The word combat is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is combat a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word combat is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3O1M3B3A1T1

Is combat a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

COMBAT,TOMBAC,

4-letter words (14 found)

AMBO,ATOC,ATOM,BOAT,BOMA,BOTA,CAMO,COAT,COMA,COMB,MOAT,OCTA,TACO,TOMB,

3-letter words (28 found)

ABO,ACT,BAC,BAM,BAO,BAT,BOA,BOT,CAB,CAM,CAT,COB,COT,MAC,MAT,MOA,MOB,MOC,MOT,OAT,OBA,OCA,OMA,TAB,TAM,TAO,TOC,TOM,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AM,AT,BA,BO,MA,MO,OB,OM,TA,TO,

You can make 55 words from combat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of combat

combat

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

  • Noun:
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmˌbæt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmˌbæt/
  • Verb:
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmˌbæt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈbæt/, /ˈkɑmˌbæt/
  • Rhymes: -æt

Noun

combat (countable and uncountable, plural combats)

  1. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
  2. a struggle for victory

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

combat (third-person singular simple present combats, present participle combatting or combating, simple past and past participle combatted or combated)

  1. (transitive) To fight; to struggle against.
    It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.
  2. (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

Translations

Anagrams

  • M.B. coat, tombac

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kumˈbat]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [komˈbat]
  • Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

Deverbal from combatre. First attested in 1490.

Noun

combat m (plural combats)

  1. combat

Etymology 2

Verb

combat

  1. inflection of combatre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From combattre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ba/
  • Homophone: combats

Noun

combat m (plural combats)

  1. combat (hostile interaction)
  2. (figuratively) combat (contest; competition)
  3. (in the plural) battle; military combat

Derived terms

Verb

combat

  1. third-person singular present indicative of combattre

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

combat m (plural combats)

  1. (Jersey) combat

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [komˈbat]

Verb

combat

  1. inflection of combate:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Source: wiktionary.org