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Is fez a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fez is a Scrabble US word. The word fez is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is fez a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fez is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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3-letter words (1 found)

FEZ,

2-letter words (3 found)

EF,FE,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from fez according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of fez

fez efz fze zfe ezf zef

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Definitions and meaning of fez

fez

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فس (fes) (modern Turkish fes), named after Fez, Morocco, (capital of the Kingdom of Morocco until 1927), where the dye to colour the hat was extracted from crimson berries.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /fɛz/
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

fez (plural fezzes or fezes)

  1. A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
    Synonym: tarboosh

Derived terms

  • befezzed

Translations

References

Further reading

  • Fez on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • zef

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛs]
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

fez m inan

  1. fez

Declension

Further reading

  • fez in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fez in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

fez m (plural fezzen, diminutive fezje n)

  1. fez

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes). Mentioned as bonnet de fez in 1664. By the 19th century the word fez alone stood for the hat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛz/

Noun

fez m (plural fez)

  1. fez
    Synonym: tarbouche

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

fez

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer

Portuguese

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • fêz (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -es, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃ, (Brazil) -ejs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ejʃ
  • Homophone: fês
  • Hyphenation: fez

Verb

fez

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of fazer

Etymology 2

From Latin faecem (“dregs”).

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: fés, Fez
  • Hyphenation: fez

Noun

fez f (plural fezes)

  1. (rare) a piece of faeces
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fezes
Related terms
  • fecal

Further reading

  • “fez” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “fez” in Dicionário inFormal.
  • “fez” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “fez” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “fez” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French, from Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈfeθ/ [ˈfeθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈfes/ [ˈfes]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: fez

Noun

fez m (plural feces)

  1. fez (hat)

Further reading

  • “fez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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