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Is cube a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cube is a Scrabble US word. The word cube is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is cube a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cube is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word cube is a Words With Friends word. The word cube is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

CUBE,

3-letter words (3 found)

CUB,CUE,ECU,

2-letter words (1 found)

BE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from cube according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cube

cube ucbe cbue bcue ubce buce cueb uceb ceub ecub uecb eucb cbeu bceu cebu ecbu becu ebcu ubec buec uebc eubc beuc ebuc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word cube. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in cube.

Definitions and meaning of cube

cube

Etymology 1

From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA(key): /kjuːb/
  • (US) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA(key): /kjub/
  • Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

cube (plural cubes)

  1. (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
  3. (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
  4. (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
  5. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube
Synonyms
  • (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): regular hexahedron (rare)
  • (object in the form of a cube): block, brick, die, square block
  • (number raised to the third power): third power
Hypernyms
  • (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): hexahedron, cuboid
Coordinate terms
  • (Platonic solids): tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron
Translations

Verb

cube (third-person singular simple present cubes, present participle cubing, simple past and past participle cubed)

  1. (transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
  2. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
  3. (transitive) To cut into cubes.
  4. (intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube.
Synonyms
  • (to cut into cubes): dice
Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cubic
  • cubical
  • cuboid
  • cubism
  • cubist

See also

  • line segment
  • square
  • tesseract

Etymology 2

Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (a small bedchamber or lounge), from cubare (to lie down).

Noun

cube (plural cubes)

  1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
    My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Cebu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kyb/

Noun

cube m (plural cubes)

  1. cube (all senses)
  2. third-grader

Descendants

  • Romanian: cub
  • Turkish: küp

Adjective

cube (plural cubes)

  1. cubic

Derived terms

  • mètre cube

Verb

cube

  1. inflection of cuber:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.be/
  • Rhymes: -ube
  • Hyphenation: cù‧be

Adjective

cube f

  1. feminine plural of cubo

Latin

Noun

cube

  1. vocative singular of cubus

Portuguese

Verb

cube

  1. inflection of cubar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org