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

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

E1N1C3I1E1R1R1O1

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8-letter words (1 found)

ENCIERRO,

7-letter words (2 found)

CORNIER,ONERIER,

6-letter words (9 found)

COINER,CORNER,CORRIE,ENCORE,IRONER,ORCEIN,ORCINE,ORRICE,RECOIN,

5-letter words (16 found)

CERNE,CORER,CORNI,CRIER,CRINE,CRONE,CRORE,IRONE,NICER,NIECE,ONCER,ORCIN,RECON,RICER,RORIC,RORIE,

4-letter words (34 found)

CERE,CERO,CINE,CION,CIRE,COIN,COIR,CONE,CONI,CORE,CORN,CREE,CRON,EINE,ERIC,ERNE,ICER,ICON,INRO,IRON,NICE,NOIR,NORI,ONCE,ONER,ONIE,REEN,REIN,RENO,RICE,RINE,ROIN,RONE,RORE,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEE,CON,COR,ECO,EEN,ENE,EON,ERE,ERN,ERR,ICE,ION,IRE,NEE,NIE,NOR,ONE,ORC,ORE,REC,REE,REI,REN,REO,RIN,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EN,ER,IN,IO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 102 words from encierro according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of encierro

encierro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish encierro (literally “enclosure”), from encerrar (“to lock up”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɛnsɪˈɛəɹəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɛnsiˈɛɹoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ

Noun

encierro (plural encierros)

  1. (bullfighting) A bull run, usually one held in Spain.
    Synonyms: bull run, running of the bulls

Anagrams

  • recoiner

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθjero/ [ẽn̟ˈθje.ro]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /enˈsjero/ [ẽnˈsje.ro]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: en‧cie‧rro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encerrar (“to lock up”).

Noun

encierro m (plural encierros)

  1. confinement, enclosure
  2. reclusion
  3. prison
  4. sit-in (protest)
  5. (bullfighting) bull run, encierro
    Antonym: desencierro
Coordinate terms
  • toril
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

encierro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of encerrar

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org