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Is enceinte a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word enceinte is a Scrabble US word. The word enceinte is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is enceinte a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word enceinte is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

ENCEINTE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ENTICE,INCENT,NIENTE,

5-letter words (4 found)

CTENE,NIECE,TEENE,TENNE,

4-letter words (17 found)

CENT,CETE,CINE,CITE,EINE,ETEN,ETIC,NENE,NETE,NICE,NINE,NITE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TICE,TINE,

3-letter words (16 found)

CEE,CIT,EEN,ENE,ICE,INN,NEE,NET,NIE,NIT,TEC,TEE,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EN,ET,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from enceinte according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of enceinte

enceinte

Etymology

From French enceinte.

Adjective

enceinte (not comparable)

  1. Pregnant.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:pregnant

Noun

enceinte (plural enceintes)

  1. An enclosure.
  2. The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress.
  3. The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.
    • S. W. Williams
      The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French enceinte, from Latin incīncta, feminine past participle of incingō. Compare Italian incinta, Spanish and Catalan encinta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ̃t/

Adjective

enceinte f (feminine only, feminine plural enceintes)

  1. pregnant
    Synonym: (archaic) prégnant

Usage notes

The masculine form enceint is occasionally used with regard to transgender men, for species with male pregnancy such as seahorses, as well as in metaphorical, jocular, or fantastic contexts.

Derived terms

  • tomber enceinte (“fall pregnant”)

Descendants

  • English: enceinte

Noun

enceinte f (plural enceintes)

  1. enclosure, compound
  2. interior
  3. speaker, amplifier

Participle

enceinte f sg

  1. feminine singular of enceint

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Latin incīncta, feminine of incīnctus.

Adjective

enceinte

  1. pregnant

Descendants

  • French: enceinte

Source: wiktionary.org