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Is comedy a Scrabble word?

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

C3O1M3E1D2Y4

Is comedy a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3O1M3E1D2Y4

Is comedy a Words With Friends word?

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

C4O1M4E1D2Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

COMEDY,

5-letter words (2 found)

COYED,DECOY,

4-letter words (13 found)

CODE,COED,COME,CYME,DECO,DEMO,DEMY,DOME,DOMY,ECOD,EMYD,MODE,YODE,

3-letter words (20 found)

COD,COY,DEY,DOC,DOE,DOM,DOY,DYE,ECO,EMO,MED,MOC,MOD,MOE,MOY,MYC,ODE,OYE,YOD,YOM,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DO,ED,EM,ME,MO,MY,OD,OE,OM,OY,YE,YO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from comedy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of comedy

comedy

Alternative forms

  • comedie (archaic, often affected as such for humorous effect)
  • comœdie (obsolete)
  • comœdy (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English comedie, from Middle French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía), from κῶμος (kômos, “revel, carousing”) + either ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) or ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer, bard”), both from ἀείδω (aeídō, “I sing”). Doublet of commedia.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmədi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmədi/
  • Hyphenation: com‧e‧dy

Noun

comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies)

  1. (countable, historical) A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
  2. (countable) A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
  3. (countable, Medieval Europe) A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).
  4. (countable, drama) A dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone.
  5. (drama) The genre of such works.
  6. (uncountable) Entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance.
  7. The art of composing comedy.
  8. (countable) A humorous event.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "light, humorous, or satirical work"): drama (in its narrower sense)
  • (antonym(s) of "light, humorous, or satirical work"): tragedy

Hypernyms

  • (light, humorous, or satirical work): drama (in its broader sense)

Hyponyms

  • (light, humorous, or satirical work): farce

Derived terms

Related terms

  • comic

Descendants

  • → Japanese: コメディ (komedi)
  • → Korean: 코미디 (komidi)

Translations

See also

  • ode

References

  • “comedy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “comedy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org