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Is innuendo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word innuendo is a Scrabble US word. The word innuendo is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is innuendo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word innuendo is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

I1N1N1U1E1N1D2O1

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Yes. The word innuendo is a Words With Friends word. The word innuendo is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

INNUENDO,

7-letter words (1 found)

NUNDINE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ONDINE,UNDINE,UNDONE,

5-letter words (9 found)

DONNE,DUNNO,ENNUI,INDUE,INNED,NINON,NUDIE,ONNED,UNION,

4-letter words (22 found)

DENI,DINE,DINO,DOEN,DONE,DOUN,DUNE,EUOI,NEON,NIDE,NIED,NINE,NODE,NODI,NONE,NONI,NOUN,NUDE,ONIE,UDON,UNDE,UNDO,

3-letter words (26 found)

DEI,DEN,DIE,DIN,DOE,DON,DUE,DUI,DUN,DUO,END,EON,IDE,INN,ION,NED,NID,NIE,NOD,NON,NUN,ODE,ONE,OUD,UDO,UNI,

2-letter words (17 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,EN,ID,IN,IO,NE,NO,NU,OD,OE,OI,ON,OU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from innuendo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of innuendo

innuendo

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) inuendo

Etymology

From the Latin innuendō (“by nodding”), ablative singular form of innuendum (“a nodding”), gerund of innuō (“I give a nod”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndəʊ

Noun

innuendo (plural innuendoes or innuendos or innuendis)

  1. A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.
    She made a devious innuendo about her opponent, who was embarrassed.
  2. A remark that is suggestive of something sexual without stating it explicitly.
  3. (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
  4. (law) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.

Derived terms

  • innuendous

Translations

Verb

innuendo (third-person singular simple present innuendos, present participle innuendoing, simple past and past participle innuendoed)

  1. (transitive, law) To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.

Further reading

  • Innuendo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Innuendo in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • dunnione

Latin

Verb

innuendō

  1. dative gerund of innuō

Source: wiktionary.org