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Is genuine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word genuine is a Scrabble US word. The word genuine is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is genuine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word genuine is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

G2E1N1U1I1N1E1

Is genuine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word genuine is a Words With Friends word. The word genuine is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

GENUINE,INGENUE,

6-letter words (2 found)

ENGINE,INGENU,

5-letter words (3 found)

EIGNE,ENNUI,GENIE,

4-letter words (8 found)

EINE,EUGE,GENE,GENU,GIEN,GINN,NENE,NINE,

3-letter words (18 found)

EEN,ENE,ENG,GEE,GEN,GIE,GIN,GNU,GUE,GUN,ING,INN,NEE,NEG,NIE,NUG,NUN,UNI,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EN,GI,GU,IN,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from genuine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of genuine

genuine

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jěnʹyo͞oĭn', jĕnʹyo͞oīn' IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn, -ɛnjuːaɪn

Adjective

genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)

  1. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
  2. Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:genuine

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

  • genus

Translations

Further reading

  • “genuine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “genuine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Guienne, eugenin, ingenue, ingénue, unigene

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɡenuˈiːnə/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧nu‧i‧ne

Adjective

genuine

  1. inflection of genuin:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

genuine

  1. feminine plural of genuino

Anagrams

  • ingenue, unigene

Latin

Adjective

genuīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of genuīnus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

genuine

  1. definite singular of genuin
  2. plural of genuin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

genuine

  1. definite singular of genuin
  2. plural of genuin

Swedish

Adjective

genuine

  1. definite natural masculine singular of genuin

Source: wiktionary.org