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Is esculent a Scrabble word?

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

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Is esculent a Scrabble UK word?

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

E1S1C3U1L1E1N1T1

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Yes. The word esculent is a Words With Friends word. The word esculent is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

ESCULENT,

7-letter words (2 found)

ELUENTS,UNSTEEL,

6-letter words (13 found)

CTENES,CULETS,ELECTS,ELUENT,ELUTES,LUCENT,LUNETS,NESTLE,SELECT,SETULE,TENUES,UNCLES,UNSEEL,

5-letter words (47 found)

CELTS,CENSE,CENTS,CENTU,CETES,CLUES,CTENE,CULET,CULTS,CUNTS,CUTES,ELECT,ELUTE,ENSUE,ETENS,LEETS,LENES,LENSE,LUCES,LUNES,LUNET,LUNTS,LUTES,NETES,SCENE,SCENT,SCUTE,SENTE,SLEET,STEEL,STEEN,STELE,SUENT,SUETE,TEELS,TEENS,TELES,TENES,TENSE,TENUE,TULES,TUNES,UNCES,UNCLE,UNLET,UNSEE,UNSET,

4-letter words (66 found)

CEES,CELS,CELT,CENS,CENT,CETE,CLUE,CUES,CULT,CUNT,CUTE,CUTS,ECUS,EELS,ELSE,ELTS,ENES,ENTS,ESNE,ETEN,LEES,LEET,LENS,LENT,LEST,LETS,LUCE,LUES,LUNE,LUNS,LUNT,LUST,LUTE,NEST,NETE,NETS,NUTS,SCUL,SCUT,SECT,SEEL,SEEN,SELE,SENE,SENT,SLEE,SLUE,SLUT,SNEE,STEN,STUN,SUET,TECS,TEEL,TEEN,TEES,TELE,TELS,TENE,TENS,TULE,TUNE,TUNS,ULES,UNCE,UTES,

3-letter words (39 found)

CEE,CEL,CUE,CUT,ECU,EEL,EEN,ELS,ELT,ENE,ENS,EST,LEE,LES,LET,LEU,LUN,NEE,NET,NUS,NUT,SEC,SEE,SEL,SEN,SET,SUE,SUN,TEC,TEE,TEL,TEN,TES,TUN,ULE,UNS,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EL,EN,ES,ET,NE,NU,ST,TE,UN,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 181 words from esculent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of esculent

esculent

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēsculentus (“fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food”) + English -ent (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of causing, doing, or promoting a certain action). Ēsculentus is derived from ēsca (“food; dish prepared for the table; bait”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”)) + -ulentus (suffix meaning ‘abounding in, full of’ forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛskjʊlənt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛskjələnt/
  • Hyphenation: es‧cul‧ent

Adjective

esculent (comparative more esculent, superlative most esculent) (formal)

  1. Suitable for eating; eatable, edible.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:edible
    Antonyms: inesculent; see also Thesaurus:inedible
    Coordinate terms: drinkable, (obsolete) poculent, potable
  2. (figuratively) “Good enough to eat”; attractive.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ugly

Derived terms

  • esculentin
  • esculent swallow
  • inesculent

Translations

Noun

esculent (plural esculents) (formal)

  1. Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.
    Synonyms: eatable, edible, (archaic) victual; see also Thesaurus:food
    Coordinate terms: drinkable, (obsolete) poculent, potable
  2. (mycology, specifically) An edible mushroom.

Translations

See also

  • esurient

References

Anagrams

  • Lucentes, unselect

Source: wiktionary.org