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Is handicap a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word handicap is a Scrabble US word. The word handicap is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is handicap a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word handicap is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

H4A1N1D2I1C3A1P3

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

HANDICAP,

7-letter words (1 found)

DAPHNIA,

6-letter words (1 found)

PAINCH,

5-letter words (18 found)

ADHAN,AHIND,APAID,APHID,APIAN,CANID,CHAIN,CHANA,CHINA,CNIDA,DACHA,HANAP,NAIAD,NICAD,PACHA,PANDA,PANIC,PINCH,

4-letter words (34 found)

ACAI,ACID,AIDA,CADI,CAID,CAIN,CAPA,CAPH,CAPI,CHAD,CHAI,CHAP,CHIA,CHID,CHIN,CHIP,DICH,HAIN,HAND,HIND,INCH,NACH,NADA,NAPA,NIPA,PAAN,PACA,PADI,PAID,PAIN,PAND,PIAN,PICA,PINA,

3-letter words (42 found)

AAH,ACH,AHA,AHI,AIA,AID,AIN,ANA,AND,ANI,CAA,CAD,CAN,CAP,CHA,CHI,CID,DAH,DAN,DAP,DIN,DIP,HAD,HAN,HAP,HIC,HID,HIN,HIP,ICH,NAH,NAP,NID,NIP,PAC,PAD,PAH,PAN,PHI,PIA,PIC,PIN,

2-letter words (15 found)

AA,AD,AH,AI,AN,CH,DA,DI,HA,HI,ID,IN,NA,PA,PI,

You can make 112 words from handicap according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of handicap

handicap

Etymology

From hand-in-cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhændikæp/

Noun

handicap (countable and uncountable, plural handicaps)

  1. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
  2. (sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
  3. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
  4. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
  5. (obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
  6. (obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of hand-in-cap (“old English trading game”)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

handicap (third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)

  1. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
  3. To estimate betting odds.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛn.diˌkɛp/

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)

  1. disability
  2. handicap, disadvantage
  3. (sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhændikæp/, [ˈhændik̟æp]

Noun

handicap

  1. (anglicism) handicap (allowance)

Declension

Synonyms

  • tasoitus

Further reading

  • “handicap”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃.di.kap/

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps)

  1. handicap
  2. disability

Derived terms

  • handicapé

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.di.kap/, /ˈɛn.di.kap/
  • Rhymes: -andikap, -ɛndikap
  • Hyphenation: hàn‧di‧cap

Noun

handicap m (invariable)

  1. handicap (disability; horserace)

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English handicap.

Noun

handicap m (uncountable)

  1. handicap, disadvantage
  2. advantage

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap or French handicap.

Noun

handicap n (plural handicapuri)

  1. handicap

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English handicap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /andiˈkap/ [ãn̪.d̪iˈkap]
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: han‧di‧cap

Noun

handicap m (plural handicaps)

  1. handicap

Source: wiktionary.org