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Is encore a Scrabble word?

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

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Is encore a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

ENCORE,

5-letter words (4 found)

CERNE,CRONE,ONCER,RECON,

4-letter words (13 found)

CERE,CERO,CONE,CORE,CORN,CREE,CRON,ERNE,ONCE,ONER,REEN,RENO,RONE,

3-letter words (20 found)

CEE,CON,COR,ECO,EEN,ENE,EON,ERE,ERN,NEE,NOR,ONE,ORC,ORE,REC,REE,REN,REO,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EN,ER,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from encore according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of encore

encore

Etymology

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒŋkɔː/, /ˈɒ̃kɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑnkɔɹ/, /ˈɑŋkɔɹ/
  • Hyphenation: en‧core

Noun

encore (plural encores)

  1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
  2. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

Translations

Interjection

encore!

  1. (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!

Translations

Verb

encore (third-person singular simple present encores, present participle encoring, simple past and past participle encored)

  1. (transitive) To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
  2. (intransitive) To call for an encore.
  3. (intransitive) To perform an encore.

Translations

Further reading

  • encore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Cerone, Creone

French

Etymology

Probably from Old French ancor, from Late Latin in hanc hōram (“until this hour”). Compare Catalan and Occitan encara, Italian ancora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɔʁ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Adverb

encore

  1. still
    Synonym: toujours
    Êtes-vous encore là? ― Are you still there?
  2. more
    Synonym: davantage
    Voulez-vous encore du pain ? ― Would you like more bread?
    Tu en veux encore? ― Do you want some more?
  3. again
    Synonym: à nouveau
    Écris-le encore une fois! ― Write it once again!
  4. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet
    Je n’ai pas encore fini. ― I haven't finished yet.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: encore
  • → Esperanto: ankoraŭ (partly)
  • Haitian Creole: ankò

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • coréen, Coréen
  • cornée
  • écorne, écorné

Galician

Verb

encore

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

Source: wiktionary.org