Havoc in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is havoc a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word havoc is a Scrabble US word. The word havoc is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is havoc a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word havoc is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

H4A1V4O1C3

Is havoc a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word havoc is a Words With Friends word. The word havoc is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

HAVOC,

4-letter words (2 found)

CHAO,CHAV,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACH,AVO,CHA,HAO,HOA,HOC,OCA,OCH,OVA,VAC,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,CH,HA,HO,OH,

You can make 18 words from havoc according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of havoc

havoc

English

Alternative forms

  • havok, havock, hauocke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (cry havoc) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (cry out, shout) + havot (pillaging, looting), of obscure origin. Probably from a derivative of Old French *haf, hef (hook), from Frankish *haf, *habbjā, *happjā (pruning-hook, scythe), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (to take up, lift), related to Old French havee (handful), Old French havet (pruning-hook), Old High German habba, heppa (pruning-hook, scythe), modern German Hippe (billhook). If so, then also related to English heave and doublet of hatchet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhævək/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhævək/, /ˈhævɪk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhævək/, /ˈhævɪk/

Noun

havoc (usually uncountable, plural havocs)

  1. Widespread devastation and destruction.
  2. Mayhem.

Usage notes

The noun havoc is most often used in the set phrase wreak havoc.

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Verb

havoc (third-person singular simple present havocs, present participle havocking, simple past and past participle havocked)

  1. To pillage.
  2. To cause havoc.

Usage notes

As with other verbs ending in vowel + -c, the gerund-participle is sometimes spelled havocing, and the preterite and past participle is sometimes spelled havoced; for citations using these spellings, see their respective entries. However, the spellings havocking and havocked are far more common. Compare panic, picnic.

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Interjection

havoc

  1. A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.

References


Source: wiktionary.org