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Is gecko a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gecko a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

GECKO,

4-letter words (2 found)

COKE,GECK,

3-letter words (7 found)

COG,ECO,EGO,GEO,GOE,KEG,OKE,

2-letter words (4 found)

GO,KO,OE,OK,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from gecko according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of gecko

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Definitions and meaning of gecko

gecko

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.kəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.koʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkəʊ
  • Hyphenation: gec‧ko

Etymology 1

The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”).

Alternative forms

  • chacco (obsolete), geco (obsolete), gekko, jackoa (obsolete)

Noun

gecko (plural geckos or geckoes)

  1. Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
    Synonyms: geckotid, geckotian, gekkonid
    Hypernym: lizard
Hyponyms
  • bent-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion spp. and Cyrtodactylus spp.)
  • Bibron's gecko (Chondrodactylus bibronii)
  • common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
  • crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
  • crocodile gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)
  • dwarf gecko (Sphaerodactylus spp.)
  • flying gecko (Ptychozoon spp.)
  • gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda)
  • Indo-Pacific gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii)
  • leaf-tailed gecko (Saltaurius eximus)
  • leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
  • Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
  • Moorish gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)
  • mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
  • New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
  • parachute gecko (Ptychozoon spp.)
  • stump-toed gecko (Gehyra mutilata)
  • tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
  • tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
  • web-footed gecko (Palmatogecko rangei)
  • western banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)
Derived terms
  • gekkonine
Translations
References
  • gecko on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

gecko (third-person singular simple present geckos, present participle geckoing, simple past and past participle geckoed)

  1. (rare) To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface.

Etymology 2

Noun

gecko

  1. Misspelling of get-go.

References

  • “gecko”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “gecko”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

From Dutch gekko, further possibly from Malay or Acehnese. Compare English gecko for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛ.ko/, /ʒe.ko/, /ɡɛ.ko/, /ɡe.ko/

Noun

gecko m (plural geckos)

  1. gecko

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gecko.

Noun

gecko m (uncountable)

  1. gecko

Declension

Swedish

Noun

gecko c

  1. gecko (any lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
    Synonym: geckoödla

Usage notes

The plural forms with -s are not in the references, but appear to be more common in practice when comparing "två geckos/geckor," "tre geckos/geckor," etc., on Google.

Declension

References

  • gecko in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • gecko in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • gecko in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org