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Is gaucho a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaucho is a Scrabble US word. The word gaucho is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaucho a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaucho is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

G2A1U1C3H4O1

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

G3A1U2C4H3O1

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6-letter words (1 found)

GAUCHO,

5-letter words (4 found)

COUGH,GAUCH,GOUCH,GUACO,

4-letter words (7 found)

AUGH,CHAO,CHOG,CHOU,CHUG,GACH,OUCH,

3-letter words (16 found)

ACH,AGO,CAG,CHA,COG,GAU,GOA,HAG,HAO,HOA,HOC,HOG,HUG,OCA,OCH,UGH,

2-letter words (11 found)

AG,AH,CH,GO,GU,HA,HO,OH,OU,UG,UH,

You can make 39 words from gaucho according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gaucho

gaucho

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊtʃəʊ

Noun

gaucho (plural gauchos or gauchoes)

  1. A cowboy of the South American pampas.
  2. (finance, historical) A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments.

Derived terms

  • gauchos (clothing)
  • gauchesque

Translations

See also

  • huaso
  • charro
  • cowboy
  • llanero
  • vaquero

Further reading

  • gaucho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • guacho

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡo.ʃo/, /ɡot.ʃo/, (rare) /ɡa.ut.ʃo/

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

  1. gaucho (Argentine cowboy)

Etymology 2

From gauche +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡo.ʃo/

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

  1. (derogatory) leftist, leftie

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish gaucho.

Noun

gaucho m (plural gaucho)

  1. gaucho

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Of unknown origin, probably from a South American indigenous language, such as Mapudungun cauchu (“vagrant, wanderer”), kauču (“friend”), or Quechua wahcha (“vagabond, poor person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaut͡ʃo/ [ˈɡau̯.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -autʃo
  • Syllabification: gau‧cho

Adjective

gaucho (feminine gaucha, masculine plural gauchos, feminine plural gauchas)

  1. possessing traditional, especially Argentine, cowboy virtues; noble, valiant, generous
  2. (South America, informal) helpful

Noun

gaucho m (plural gauchos)

  1. (Argentina) cowboy
    Synonyms: charro, huaso, llanero, vaquero

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: gaúcho

Further reading

  • “gaucho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • gaucho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es

Source: wiktionary.org