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Is duende a Scrabble word?

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

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Is duende a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2U1E1N1D2E1

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Yes. The word duende is a Words With Friends word. The word duende is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (4 found)

DENUDE,DUDEEN,DUENDE,ENDUED,

5-letter words (3 found)

ENDED,ENDUE,UNDEE,

4-letter words (9 found)

DEED,DEEN,DENE,DUDE,DUED,DUNE,NEED,NUDE,UNDE,

3-letter words (10 found)

DEE,DEN,DUD,DUE,DUN,EEN,END,ENE,NED,NEE,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from duende according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of duende

duende

Etymology

Spanish duende and (especially in reference to Portuguese or Brazilian folklore) Portuguese duende. Doublet of duwende.

Noun

duende (countable and uncountable, plural duendes)

  1. A small, mischievous humanoid creature in Iberian (Spanish/Portuguese), Latin American, and Philippine folklore/mythology; an imp.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:duende.
  2. (art) Heightened inspiration or passion, especially in flamenco.
  3. Personal charm. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

  • Dundee, denude, dudeen, endued

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʉːən(d)ə/
  • Rhymes: -əndə, -ənə
  • Hyphenation: du‧en‧de
  • Homophone: duene

Verb

duende

  1. present participle of due

Anagrams

  • dudende

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: du‧en‧de

Noun

duende m (plural duendes)

  1. (Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents
  2. (by extension, fiction) any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one

Usage notes

  • This term is commonly used in fiction to translate the name of various creatures such as imps, gnomes and goblins.

See also

  • trasgo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish duen de casa (“master of the house”). Compare Sicilian donni di casa. See more at dueño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdwende/ [ˈd̪wẽn̪.d̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ende
  • Syllabification: duen‧de

Noun

duende m (plural duendes)

  1. (Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents
  2. (by extension, fiction) goblin, leprechaun, pixie, elf, imp, brownie, gremlin, hobgoblin
    Synonyms: elfo, hada, gnomo
  3. (by extension) charisma (the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm)
    Synonym: carisma
  4. (by extension) charm, magic
    Synonyms: encanto, embrujo, magia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: dewende
  • → Chamorro: duendes
  • → English: duende
  • → Portuguese: duende
  • → Russian: дуэ́нде (duénde)
  • → Tagalog: duwende, dwende; duende; duwinde; ruwinri
    • → English: duwende
  • → Ukrainian: дуе́нде (duénde)

See also

  • trasgo

Further reading

  • “duende”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org