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Is couscous a Scrabble word?

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

C3O1U1S1C3O1U1S1

Is couscous a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3O1U1S1C3O1U1S1

Is couscous a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word couscous is a Words With Friends word. The word couscous is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1U2S1C4O1U2S1

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8-letter words (1 found)

COUSCOUS,

7-letter words (1 found)

SUCCOUS,

6-letter words (3 found)

CUSCUS,SUCCOS,SUCCUS,

5-letter words (2 found)

COCOS,CUSSO,

4-letter words (7 found)

COCO,COOS,COSS,CUSS,SOCS,SOUS,SUSU,

3-letter words (8 found)

COO,COS,OOS,OUS,SOC,SOS,SOU,SUS,

2-letter words (5 found)

OO,OS,OU,SO,US,

You can make 27 words from couscous according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of couscous

couscous

Alternative forms

  • cuscus, kuskus (dated)

Etymology

First attested circa 16th century, borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus) from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkʊs.kʊs/, /ˈkuːs.kuːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkus.kus/

Noun

couscous (countable and uncountable, plural couscouses)

  1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.

Quotations

For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couscous.

Derived terms

  • couscoussier

Translations

Further reading

  • couscous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French couscous, from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kusˈkus/
  • Hyphenation: cous‧cous
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (uncountable)

  1. couscous

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuskus/, [ˈkus̠kus̠]

Noun

couscous

  1. Alternative form of kuskus

Declension

Further reading

  • “couscous”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Alternative forms

  • cous-cous (superseded spelling)
  • couscoussou
  • kesksou

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُسْكُس (kuskus), from Northern Saharan Berber seksu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kus.kus/
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

couscous m (plural couscous)

  1. couscous

Derived terms

  • couscousserie
  • couscoussier
  • couscoussière

Descendants

  • → Dutch: couscous
  • → English: couscous

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org