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Is gnu a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gnu is a Scrabble US word. The word gnu is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

G2N1U1

Is gnu a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gnu is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

G2N1U1

Is gnu a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gnu is a Words With Friends word. The word gnu is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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You can make 7 words from 'gnu' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'gnu'

GNU 4GUN 4
NUG 4 

2 letters words from 'gnu'

GU 3NU 2
UG 3UN 2

All 3 letters words made out of gnu

gnu ngu gun ugn nug ung

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gnu. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gnu.

Definitions and meaning of gnu

gnu

Etymology

Taken from Nama [Term?], likely onomatopoeic of the grunt-type noise of the gnu.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /njuː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /nuː/, /njuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: new, nu, knew

In the UK, "gnu" is pronounced nearly ubiquitously as /ɡəˈnuː/ due to the cultural impact of the 1957 Flanders and Swann song The Gnu.

Noun

gnu (plural gnus or gnu)

  1. A large antelope of the genus Connochaetes, native to Africa, having curved horns.

Synonyms

  • wildebeest

Translations

Further reading

  • gnu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • gnu at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Ngu, Ung, gun, nug

Danish

Etymology

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe, from Bantu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡnuː/, [ɡ̊nuːˀ]

Noun

gnu c (singular definite gnuen, plural indefinite gnuer)

  1. gnu, wildebeest

Inflection

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • gnuu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡnu(ː)/, [ˈɡnu(ː)]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: gnu

Noun

gnu

  1. gnu, wildebeest (antelope of the genus Connochaetes)
  2. black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu, Connochaetes gnou (large antelope native to south Africa)
  3. blue wildebeest, brindled gnu, Connochaetes taurinus (large antelope native to eastern Africa)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (Connochaetes gnou): valkohäntägnu
  • (Connochaetes taurinus): juovagnu

Derived terms

  • valkohäntägnu, Connochaetes gnou (black wildebeest, white-tailed gnu)
  • juovagnu, Connochaetes taurinus, (blue wildebeest, brindled gnu)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲu/
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (invariable)

  1. gnu
  2. wildebeest, kokoon

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From an African language, via German Gnu

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuer, definite plural gnuene)

  1. a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

References

  • “gnu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Gnu, from Afrikaans ghnoe. Ultimately Nama.

Noun

gnu m (definite singular gnuen, indefinite plural gnuar, definite plural gnuane)

  1. a gnu or wildebeest (large antelope)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gnúa. Cognate with Icelandic núa.

Verb

gnu (present tense gnur, past tense gnudde, past participle gnudd/gnutt, passive infinitive gnuast, present participle gnuande, imperative gnu)

  1. (transitive) to rub hard
  2. (transitive) to compress, crush
  3. (intransitive) to work hard and evenly
  4. (intransitive) to nag

References

  • “gnu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • ung

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡnu/

Noun

gnu n

  1. gnu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡnu/, /ɡi.ˈnu/
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

gnu m (plural gnus)

  1. gnu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Old Norse gnýr (“clash, din”) and gnyðr (“murmur”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ŋʉ́ː], [ɡ̊ɳʉ́ː] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ʉ́ː

Noun

gnu n (definite singular gnue)

  1. roaring, rumbling

Alternative forms

  • gny

Verb

gnu

  1. singular present of gnuu
  2. singular imperative of gnuu

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a kind of African antelope.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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