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Yes. The word couvade is a Scrabble US word. The word couvade is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is couvade a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word couvade is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

COUVADE,

5-letter words (4 found)

CAVED,COUDE,COVED,DOUCE,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACED,CADE,CAVE,CODA,CODE,COED,COVE,CUED,DACE,DECO,DEVA,DEVO,DOCU,DOUC,DOVE,DUCE,ECAD,ECOD,ODEA,UVAE,UVEA,VADE,

3-letter words (30 found)

ACE,ADO,AUE,AVE,AVO,CAD,COD,CUD,CUE,DAE,DEV,DOC,DOE,DUE,DUO,EAU,ECO,ECU,EVO,OCA,ODA,ODE,OUD,OVA,UDO,UVA,VAC,VAE,VAU,VOE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AE,DA,DE,DO,EA,ED,OD,OE,OU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from couvade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of couvade

couvade

Etymology

From French couvade (“brooding”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːˈvɑːd/, /kuːˈvæd/

Noun

couvade (countable and uncountable, plural couvades)

  1. A practice among some peoples, such as the Basques, of the husband of a woman in the last stages of pregnancy taking to bed, avoiding certain foods, or imitating other behaviours of a pregnant woman.
  2. Sympathetic pregnancy: the involuntary sympathetic experience of the husband of symptoms of his wife's pregnancy, such as weight gain or morning sickness.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.vad/

Noun

couvade f (plural couvades)

  1. couvade (Basque tradition)
  2. couvade (sympathetic pregnancy)

Related terms

  • couver

Further reading

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

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