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Is ganache a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ganache a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is ganache a Words With Friends word?

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7-letter words (1 found)

GANACHE,

6-letter words (4 found)

ACHAGE,CHAGAN,CHANGA,CHANGE,

5-letter words (6 found)

CANEH,CHANA,CHANG,GANCH,HANCE,NACHE,

4-letter words (19 found)

ACHE,ACNE,AGEN,AGHA,ANCE,ANGA,CAGE,CANE,CANG,EACH,GACH,GAEN,GANE,GEAN,GENA,HAEN,HANG,NACH,NAGA,

3-letter words (27 found)

AAH,ACE,ACH,AGA,AGE,AHA,ANA,ANE,CAA,CAG,CAN,CHA,CHE,EAN,ECH,ENG,GAE,GAN,GEN,HAE,HAG,HAN,HEN,NAE,NAG,NAH,NEG,

2-letter words (13 found)

AA,AE,AG,AH,AN,CH,EA,EH,EN,HA,HE,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from ganache according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ganache

ganache

Etymology

Borrowed from French ganache, from Italian ganascia (“jaw”), ultimately from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos) (see gnatho-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈnæʃ/, /ɡəˈnɑːʃ/
  • Rhymes: -æʃ, -ɑːʃ

Noun

ganache (countable and uncountable, plural ganaches)

  1. A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.
  2. (historical) A kind of surcoat with short cap sleeves.
    Synonym: garnache
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Medieval Wedding Planner, Lyle MacPherson
      Male clothing was worn in layers of a tunic, cote, or cotte with a surcoat over a linen shirt. […] a long sleeveless tunic. When sleeves (and sometimes a hood) were added, the cyclas became a ganache (a cap-sleeved surcoat, usually shown with hood of matching color) or a gardcorps (a long, generous-sleeved travelling robe).
    • 2001, John Steane, The Archaeology of Power: England and Northern Europe, AD 800-1600, Tempus Pub Limited
      Illuminated miniatures show them in long robes of plain or rayed material, hoods and coifs. […] shows a man 6ft in length dressed in a ganache or tabard with two tongues or labels at the neck and a coif tied round his head.

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Further reading

  • ganache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:ganache on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ganascia (“jaw”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.naʃ/

Noun

ganache f (plural ganaches)

  1. (anatomy) jawbone
  2. (figuratively, informal) face
  3. (figuratively, informal) fool, numskull
  4. (cooking) ganache (sauce made of chocolate and cream)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • changea

Spanish

Noun

ganache f (plural ganaches)

  1. ganache

Source: wiktionary.org