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Is fanfare a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fanfare is a Scrabble US word. The word fanfare is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

F4A1N1F4A1R1E1

Is fanfare a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fanfare is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

F4A1N1F4A1R1E1

Is fanfare a Words With Friends word?

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

F4A1N2F4A1R1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

FANFARE,

6-letter words (3 found)

AFFEAR,FRAENA,NAFFER,

5-letter words (5 found)

AFEAR,ANEAR,ARENA,FAENA,FRENA,

4-letter words (16 found)

AFAR,AREA,ARNA,EARN,FAAN,FANE,FARE,FEAR,FERN,FRAE,NAFF,NARE,NEAR,RAFF,RANA,REAN,

3-letter words (23 found)

AFF,ANA,ANE,ARE,ARF,EAN,EAR,EFF,ERA,ERF,ERN,FAA,FAE,FAN,FAR,FEN,FER,FRA,NAE,NEF,RAN,REF,REN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AA,AE,AN,AR,EA,EF,EN,ER,FA,FE,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from fanfare according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fanfare

fanfare

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfare.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfænfɛə/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfænfɛɹ/, [ˈfɛənfɛɹ]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfænfeə/

Noun

fanfare (countable and uncountable, plural fanfares)

  1. (countable) A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A show of ceremony or celebration.

Translations

Verb

fanfare (third-person singular simple present fanfares, present participle fanfaring, simple past and past participle fanfared)

  1. To play a fanfare.
  2. (music) To embellish with fanfares.
  3. To imitate a fanfare, in order to dramatize the presentation or introduction of something.
  4. To introduce with pomp and show.
  5. To mark an arrival or departure with music, noise, or drama.
  6. To publicize or announce.
  7. To fan out.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French fanfare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfɑnˈfaːrə/
  • Hyphenation: fan‧fa‧re
  • Rhymes: -aːrə

Noun

fanfare f (plural fanfaren or fanfares)

  1. A band consisting of brass, saxophone and percussion players.
  2. A fanfare (flourish).
  3. hubbub, excitement, commotion.
  4. The act of boasting, bloviation.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: fanfare

French

Etymology

Probably from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār); see fanfaron (“boaster”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃.faʁ/

Noun

fanfare f (plural fanfares)

  1. (music) fanfare

Descendants

  • → Turkish: fanfar

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

fanfare f

  1. plural of fanfara

Anagrams

  • affrena

Source: wiktionary.org