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Is courage a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word courage is a Scrabble US word. The word courage is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is courage a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word courage is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is courage a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word courage is a Words With Friends word. The word courage is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

COURAGE,

6-letter words (2 found)

AERUGO,COUGAR,

5-letter words (15 found)

ARGUE,AUGER,CAGER,CARGO,COGUE,COURE,ERUGO,GOURA,GRACE,GUACO,OCREA,ORGUE,ROGUE,ROUGE,RUGAE,

4-letter words (40 found)

ACER,ACRE,ACRO,AERO,AGER,AGRO,AGUE,ARCO,AREG,CAGE,CARE,CERO,CORE,COUR,CRAG,CROG,CRUE,CURE,ECRU,ERGO,EURO,GARE,GAUR,GEAR,GOER,GORA,GORE,GRUE,GUAR,OGRE,ORCA,RACE,RAGE,RAGU,REGO,ROUE,RUGA,URAO,UREA,URGE,

3-letter words (47 found)

ACE,AGE,AGO,ARC,ARE,AUE,CAG,CAR,COG,COR,CRU,CUE,CUR,EAR,EAU,ECO,ECU,EGO,ERA,ERG,GAE,GAR,GAU,GEO,GER,GOA,GOE,GOR,GUE,GUR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,ORE,ORG,OUR,RAG,REC,REG,REO,ROC,ROE,RUC,RUE,RUG,URE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AG,AR,EA,ER,GO,GU,OE,OR,OU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 119 words from courage according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of courage

courage

Etymology

From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹɪdʒ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒ/
    • (accents without the hurry-furry merger)
    • (accents with the hurry-furry merger)

Noun

courage (usually uncountable, plural courages)

  1. The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
  2. The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.
  3. The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal. Moral fortitude.
    • 2008, Maya Angelou, address for the 2008 Cornell University commencement
      Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:courage

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cardiac

Translations

Verb

courage (third-person singular simple present courages, present participle couraging, simple past and past participle couraged)

  1. (obsolete) To encourage. [15th–17th c.]

See also

  • fearlessness
  • bield

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French corage, from Old French corage, from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.ʁaʒ/
  • Rhymes: -aʒ

Noun

courage m (plural courages)

  1. courage
    Synonym: bravoure

Derived terms

  • bon courage
  • courageux
    • courageusement
  • décourager
    • décourageant
    • découragement
  • encourager
    • encourageant
    • encouragement
  • prendre son courage à deux mains

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: кураж (kuraž)
  • → Macedonian: кураж (kuraž)
  • → Romanian: curaj
  • → Russian: кураж (kuraž)

Interjection

courage !

  1. chin up! keep going! take heart!

Usage notes

"bon courage !" has a slightly different meaning: "good luck!".

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org