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Is escuage a Scrabble word?

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

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Is escuage a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is escuage a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

ESCUAGE,

5-letter words (8 found)

AGUES,CAESE,CAGES,CAUSE,CEASE,SAUCE,SEGUE,USAGE,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACES,AESC,AGEE,AGES,AGUE,CAGE,CAGS,CASE,CEAS,CEES,CUES,EASE,EAUS,ECUS,EUGE,GAES,GAUS,GEES,GUES,SAGE,SCAG,SCUG,

3-letter words (28 found)

ACE,AGE,AGS,AUE,CAG,CEE,CUE,EAS,EAU,ECU,GAE,GAS,GAU,GEE,GUE,GUS,SAC,SAE,SAG,SAU,SEA,SEC,SEE,SEG,SUE,SUG,UGS,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AG,AS,EA,EE,ES,GU,UG,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from escuage according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of escuage

escuage

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scuage, from Old French escuage; in Modern English, remodelled on the Old French etymon.

Noun

escuage (countable and uncountable, plural escuages)

  1. (historical, Middle Ages) Payment to a lord in lieu of military service.
    • 1829, George Crabb, History of English Law, 1831 American Edition, page 374,
      When the escuage which was to be paid was uncertain, being more or less according to the pleasure of the king or the assessment of parliament ; then the tenure by escuage was a sort of knight′s service.
    • 1866, Land Tax, entry in William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (editors), A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art, Volume 2, page 308,
      These escuages were virtually a very heavy land tax […]

Old French

Etymology

Either from escu (“shield”) +‎ -age, or escuer (“to evade”) +‎ -age.

Noun

escuage oblique singular, m (oblique plural escuages, nominative singular escuages, nominative plural escuage)

  1. escuage (medieval payment to a lord)

Descendants

  • → Middle English: scuage, skuage, skwage
    • English: escuage (restored from the etymon)

Source: wiktionary.org