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Is guinea a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word guinea is a Scrabble US word. The word guinea is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is guinea a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word guinea is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

G2U1I1N1E1A1

Is guinea a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word guinea is a Words With Friends word. The word guinea is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

GUINEA,

5-letter words (2 found)

GENUA,NUGAE,

4-letter words (17 found)

AGEN,AGIN,AGUE,AINE,AUNE,EINA,GAEN,GAIN,GANE,GAUN,GEAN,GENA,GENU,GIEN,GUAN,NGAI,UNAI,

3-letter words (24 found)

AGE,AIN,ANE,ANI,AUE,EAN,EAU,ENG,GAE,GAN,GAU,GEN,GIE,GIN,GNU,GUE,GUN,ING,NAE,NAG,NEG,NIE,NUG,UNI,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AN,EA,EN,GI,GU,IN,NA,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from guinea according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of guinea

guinea

Etymology

From Guinea, the early modern name for West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region, mostly from the 'Gold Coast' (modern Ghana) and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the slur”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪni/
  • Rhymes: -ɪni

Noun

guinea (plural guineas)

  1. (British, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
  2. Synonym of guinea fowl
  3. (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.

Synonyms

  • (person of Italian descent): dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, wog, wop

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: جُنَيْه (junayh)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: جنيه (ginēh)
  • → Irish: gine
  • → Scottish Gaelic: gini
  • → Spanish: guinea
  • → Welsh: gini

Translations

References

  • “guinea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Finnish

Etymology

From English guinea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝]

Noun

guinea

  1. guinea (British gold coin)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: gui‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English guinea.

Noun

guinea f (plural guineas)

  1. guinea (British gold coin)

Etymology 2

See guineo.

Noun

guinea f (plural guineas)

  1. female equivalent of guineo

Adjective

guinea

  1. feminine singular of guineo

Further reading

  • “guinea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org