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

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

INGENU,

5-letter words (1 found)

ENNUI,

4-letter words (4 found)

GENU,GIEN,GINN,NINE,

3-letter words (14 found)

ENG,GEN,GIE,GIN,GNU,GUE,GUN,ING,INN,NEG,NIE,NUG,NUN,UNI,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,GI,GU,IN,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from ingenu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ingenu

ingenu

Alternative forms

  • ingénu

Etymology

Borrowed from French ingénu (guileless), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, from Latin ingenuus (ingenuous). Doublet of ingenuous.

Noun

ingenu (plural ingenus)

  1. (rare) An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man.
    Antonym: homme fatal
    Coordinate term: ingenue

Usage notes

The term ingenu is poorly known, and so the feminine term ingenue is sometimes used in a gender-neutral or masculine way. (See the 2002 citation, where the explicit masculine French is feminized in English.)

Anagrams

  • gunnie, inguen

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ingenuus.

Adjective

ingenu (feminine ingènua, masculine plural ingenus, feminine plural ingènues)

  1. naive

Derived terms

  • ingènuament

Related terms

  • ingenuïtat

Further reading

  • “ingenu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “ingenu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “ingenu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “ingenu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Source: wiktionary.org