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Is junco a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word junco is a Scrabble US word. The word junco is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is junco a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word junco is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word junco is a Words With Friends word. The word junco is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

JUNCO,

4-letter words (2 found)

JUCO,UNCO,

3-letter words (2 found)

CON,JUN,

2-letter words (6 found)

JO,NO,NU,ON,OU,UN,

You can make 11 words from junco according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of junco

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Definitions and meaning of junco

junco

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yoy-ni-. Doublet of juncus and junk.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌŋkoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋkəʊ
  • Hyphenation: jun‧co

Noun

junco (plural juncos or juncoes)

  1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
  2. (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.

Hyponyms

  • blue snowbird, snowbird (Junco hyemalis)
  • dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)

Derived terms

  • dark-eyed junco

Related terms

  • juncaceous
  • juncous

Translations

References

Further reading

  • junco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

juncō

  1. dative/ablative singular of juncus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

  1. reed, rush

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

  1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)
Descendants
  • → English: junk (or via Dutch jonk)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxunko/ [ˈxũŋ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -unko
  • Syllabification: jun‧co

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus. Cognate with English junk.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

  1. reed, rush
    Synonyms: junquera, carrizo, caña
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: junco
  • → Translingual: Junco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

  1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org