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Is garbanzo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word garbanzo is a Scrabble US word. The word garbanzo is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

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Is garbanzo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word garbanzo is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

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Yes. The word garbanzo is a Words With Friends word. The word garbanzo is worth 23 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

GARBANZO,

7-letter words (1 found)

ORGANZA,

6-letter words (7 found)

ABRAZO,ANGORA,BARONG,BROGAN,GAZABO,ORGANA,RABONA,

5-letter words (23 found)

AGORA,ARGAN,ARGON,AROBA,BARON,BAZAR,BOGAN,BONZA,BORNA,BRAZA,GARBO,GAZAR,GAZON,GOBAN,GOBAR,GRANA,GROAN,NAGOR,OBANG,ORANG,ORGAN,RANGA,ZABRA,

4-letter words (32 found)

AGAR,AGON,AGRO,ANGA,ANOA,ARBA,ARNA,AZAN,AZON,BANG,BARN,BOAR,BONA,BONG,BORA,BORN,BRAG,BRAN,BROG,GARB,GNAR,GORA,GRAB,GRAN,NAGA,RAGA,RANA,RANG,ROAN,RONG,RONZ,ZONA,

3-letter words (40 found)

ABA,ABO,AGA,AGO,ANA,ARB,AZO,BAA,BAG,BAN,BAO,BAR,BOA,BOG,BON,BOR,BRA,BRO,GAB,GAN,GAR,GOA,GOB,GON,GOR,NAB,NAG,NOB,NOG,NOR,OAR,OBA,ORA,ORB,ORG,RAG,RAN,ROB,ZAG,ZOA,

2-letter words (15 found)

AA,AB,AG,AN,AR,BA,BO,GO,NA,NO,OB,ON,OR,ZA,ZO,

You can make 119 words from garbanzo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of garbanzo

garbanzo

Etymology

From Spanish garbanzo, initially borrowed as garvance in the 17th c. and anglicized as calavance (“chickpea; any kind of bean or pulse”). The original garbanzo was re-established in the 19th c., primarily via American Spanish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑɹˈbɑnzoʊ/
  • Hyphenation: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo (plural garbanzos)

  1. An edible pulse, Cicer arietinum, of the family Leguminosae or Fabaceae and subfamilies Faboideae or Papilionoideae, with white or purple-blue flowers and small feathery leaves on both sides of the stem and pods containing two to three peas.
    Synonym: garbanzo bean
  2. A seed of this plant; the chickpea.

Translations

References

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish garbanço. Presumably influenced by garroba (“carob fruit”) and galbana (“small pea; a variety of pea”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaɾˈbanθo/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn̟.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡaɾˈbanso/ [ɡaɾˈβ̞ãn.so]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -anθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -anso
  • Syllabification: gar‧ban‧zo

Noun

garbanzo m (plural garbanzos)

  1. chickpea; garbanzo (plant, seed)
  2. (figurative) bottom dollar, dosh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Basque: garbantzu
  • → English: garbanzo, calavance

References

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org