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Is ginseng a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ginseng is a Scrabble US word. The word ginseng is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is ginseng a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ginseng is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

GINSENG,

6-letter words (2 found)

ENSIGN,GINGES,

5-letter words (6 found)

GINGE,GINGS,NINES,SEGNI,SENGI,SINGE,

4-letter words (21 found)

EGGS,EGIS,ENGS,GENS,GIEN,GIES,GIGS,GING,GINN,GINS,IGGS,INGS,INNS,NEGS,NIES,NINE,SIEN,SIGN,SINE,SING,SNIG,

3-letter words (20 found)

EGG,ENG,ENS,GEN,GIE,GIG,GIN,GIS,IGG,ING,INN,INS,NEG,NIE,NIS,SEG,SEI,SEN,SIG,SIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EN,ES,GI,IN,IS,NE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from ginseng according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ginseng

ginseng

Translingual

Noun

ginseng

  1. ginseng; used as a specific epithet

Derived terms

  • Panax ginseng (syn. Aralia ginseng)

Alternative forms

  • genseng, gingseng, ginsing, jinseng, jin-seng (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 人參／人参 (jîn-som).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɛŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnsɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnsɛŋ

Noun

ginseng (countable and uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.
  2. The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • ginseng on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Panax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Panax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Gensing

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English ginseng.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡinseŋː/, [ˈɡins̠e̞ŋː]
  • Rhymes: -inseŋː
  • Syllabification(key): gin‧seng

Noun

ginseng

  1. ginseng (plant)
    Synonym: ginsengjuuri

Declension

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Hokkien 人參／人参.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒin.sɛŋ/, /ʒin.sɑ̃ɡ/, /ʒɛ̃.sɑ̃/

Noun

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. ginseng (plant)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

  1. ginseng (any of several plants of the genus Panax)
  2. ginseng (root or extract of the ginseng plant)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ginseng.

Noun

ginseng m (uncountable)

  1. ginseng

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org