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Is geoduck a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word geoduck is a Scrabble US word. The word geoduck is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is geoduck a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word geoduck is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

G2E1O1D2U1C3K5

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Yes. The word geoduck is a Words With Friends word. The word geoduck is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GEODUCK,

5-letter words (6 found)

COGUE,COKED,COUDE,DECKO,DOUCE,GECKO,

4-letter words (23 found)

CODE,COED,COKE,CUED,CUKE,DECK,DECO,DEGU,DOCK,DOCU,DOEK,DOGE,DOUC,DOUK,DUCE,DUCK,DUKE,ECOD,GECK,GOUK,GUCK,GUDE,KUDO,

3-letter words (29 found)

COD,COG,CUD,CUE,DEG,DOC,DOE,DOG,DUE,DUG,DUO,ECO,ECU,EGO,EUK,GED,GEO,GOD,GOE,GUE,KED,KEG,KUE,ODE,OKE,OUD,OUK,UDO,UKE,

2-letter words (11 found)

DE,DO,ED,GO,GU,KO,OD,OE,OK,OU,UG,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of geoduck

geoduck

Alternative forms

  • geoduc, geoduk
  • goeduck, goeyduc, goeyduck, gooeduck, gooeyduc, gooeyduck, gweduck, gooiduck, gueduc, gweduc, gwiduck, gooeyduk, gooyduck

Etymology

From Lushootseed gʷídəq, variously understood as reference to its deep digging or resemblance to male genitalia. The unusual spelling of the first syllable is thought to represent editorial hypercorrection of forms with goe- &c. (probably under influence from the common prefix geo-), despite the earlier attestation of forms with geo-. The spelling pronunciation /ˈdʒiːəʊdʌk/ once listed in dictionaries is now considered nonstandard. The common spelling of the second syllable is under influence from duck, originally with reference to the mollusc's resemblance to the body and neck of a dead duck.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɪdʌk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡuiˌdək/
  • Rhymes: -ʌk

Noun

geoduck (countable and uncountable, plural geoducks)

  1. (uncountable) The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon.
    • 1881, H. Hemphill, letter in the Bulletin of the US Fishing Commission, No. 1, p. 21:
      Glycimeris generosa. Olympia, Washington Territory... The boys at Olympia call them ‘Geoducks’; they dig them on a certain sand bar at extreme low tide, and sell them to a merchant who ships them to Portland, Oreg... The boys inform me that the Indians on the Sound... dry them for food with the other clams.
    1. (countable) a member of the species.
    2. (uncountable) its flesh as a seafood.
  2. (New Zealand) Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand.

Synonyms

  • geoduck clam, king clam, elephant trunk clam, mirugai, mirukuigai

Translations

References

  • “geoduck”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “geoduck, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Anagrams

  • goeduck

French

Etymology

From Lushootseed gʷídəq, assimilated to géo-.

Noun

geoduck f (plural geoducks)

  1. geoduck (“Panopea generosa”)

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English geoduck, from Lushootseed gʷídəq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuidak/ [ˈɡui̯.ð̞ak]
  • Rhymes: -uidak

Noun

geoduck f (plural geoducks)

  1. geoduck (“Panopea generosa”)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


Source: wiktionary.org