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Is doux a Scrabble word?

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

D2O1U1X8

Is doux a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2O1U1X8

Is doux a Words With Friends word?

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

D2O1U2X8

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4-letter words (1 found)

DOUX,

3-letter words (5 found)

DOX,DUO,DUX,OUD,UDO,

2-letter words (5 found)

DO,OD,OU,OX,XU,

You can make 11 words from doux according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of doux

doux odux duox udox oudx uodx doxu odxu dxou xdou oxdu xodu duxo udxo dxuo xduo uxdo xudo ouxd uoxd oxud xoud uxod xuod

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

Definitions and meaning of doux

doux

Etymology

Borrowed from French doux. Doublet of dulce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: do, doo
  • Homophones: dew, due (in accents with yod-dropping)

Adjective

doux (comparative more doux, superlative most doux)

  1. (wine) Sweet.

Related terms

  • billet-doux

Anagrams

  • udox

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dous, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /du/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Homophones: Doubs, doue, douent, doues
  • Hyphenation: doux

Adjective

doux (feminine douce, masculine plural doux, feminine plural douces)

  1. sweet
    • 1837 Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
  2. soft
  3. mild
  4. gentle (gradual rather than steep)
    une pente douce ― a gentle slope
    Antonym: raide
  5. fresh, not salty (of water)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • douçâtre
  • doucereux
  • doucette
  • douceur

Adverb

doux

  1. gently
    Synonym: doucement

Usage notes

Only used in a few expressions: tout doux, filer doux, rouler doux.

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dous, from Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).

Adjective

doux m

  1. (Jersey) mild, sweet

Derived terms

  • chèrfi doux (“cicely”)
  • douochement (“mildly, sweetly”)

Source: wiktionary.org