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Yes. The word grotesque is a Scrabble US word. The word grotesque is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Is grotesque a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word grotesque is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

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Yes. The word grotesque is a Words With Friends word. The word grotesque is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

GROTESQUE,

8-letter words (2 found)

REQUOTES,UROSTEGE,

7-letter words (8 found)

GESTURE,QUESTER,QUESTOR,QUOTERS,REQUEST,REQUOTE,ROQUETS,TORQUES,

6-letter words (35 found)

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5-letter words (82 found)

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4-letter words (88 found)

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3-letter words (59 found)

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2-letter words (19 found)

EE,ER,ES,ET,GO,GU,OE,OR,OS,OU,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,UG,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 295 words from grotesque according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of grotesque

grotesque

English

Etymology

From Middle French grotesque (French grotesque), from Italian grottesco (“of a cave”), from grotta. Compare English grotto.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊˈtɛsk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊˈtɛsk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsk

Adjective

grotesque (comparative grotesquer or more grotesque, superlative grotesquest or most grotesque)

  1. Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
    Coordinate term: baroque
  2. Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting.
    Synonym: gross
  3. (typography) Sans serif.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

grotesque (countable and uncountable, plural grotesques)

  2. A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
  3. Anything grotesque.
  4. (typography) A sans serif typeface.

Verb

grotesque (third-person singular simple present grotesques, present participle grotesquing or grotesqueing, simple past and past participle grotesqued)

  1. (transitive) To make grotesque.

Further reading

  • Grotesque in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

French

Etymology

From Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco (“of a cave”), from grotta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɔ.tɛsk/

Adjective

grotesque (plural grotesques)

  1. farcical (ridiculous)
  2. grotesque

Noun

grotesque m (plural grotesques)

  1. grotesqueness

Descendants

  • → Romanian: grotesc

Further reading

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • crotesque

Etymology

From Italian grottesco.

Adjective

grotesque m or f (plural grotesques)

  1. farcical (ridiculous)

Descendants

  • → English: grotesque
  • French: grotesque
    • → Romanian: grotesc

Noun

grotesque f (plural grotesques)

  1. small cave
  2. ornament

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (grotesque, supplement)

Source: wiktionary.org