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Is exquisite a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word exquisite is a Scrabble US word. The word exquisite is worth 25 points in Scrabble:

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Is exquisite a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word exquisite is a Scrabble UK word and has 25 points:

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Is exquisite a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word exquisite is a Words With Friends word. The word exquisite is worth 26 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

EXQUISITE,

8-letter words (1 found)

EQUITIES,

7-letter words (1 found)

EQUITES,

6-letter words (3 found)

QUEEST,QUIETS,QUITES,

5-letter words (16 found)

EQUES,ETUIS,EXIES,EXIST,EXITS,QUEST,QUIET,QUIST,QUITE,QUITS,SIXTE,SQUIT,SUETE,SUITE,TEXES,TUXES,

4-letter words (15 found)

ETUI,EXES,EXIT,ISIT,QUIT,SEXT,SITE,STIE,SUET,SUIT,TEES,TIES,TUIS,UTES,UTIS,

3-letter words (24 found)

EST,ITS,QIS,SEE,SEI,SET,SEX,SIT,SIX,SUE,SUI,SUQ,TEE,TES,TEX,TIE,TIS,TIX,TUI,TUX,USE,UTE,UTS,XIS,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,ES,ET,EX,IS,IT,QI,SI,ST,TE,TI,US,UT,XI,XU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from exquisite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of exquisite

exquisite

Etymology

From Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“seek out”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt/

Adjective

exquisite (comparative more exquisite, superlative most exquisite)

  1. Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
  2. (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  3. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
  4. Of special beauty or rare excellence.
  5. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
  6. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

Synonyms

  • beautiful, delicate, discriminating, perfect

Derived terms

  • exquisite corpse

Translations

Noun

exquisite (plural exquisites)

  1. (rare) Fop, dandy. [from early 20th c.]
    • 1925, P. G. Wodehouse, Sam the Sudden, Random House, London:2007, p. 42.
      So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.
      'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite.

Translations

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

exquisite

  1. inflection of exquisit:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Participle

exquīsīte

  1. vocative masculine singular of exquīsītus

References

  • “exquisite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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