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Yes. The word macaroni is a Scrabble US word. The word macaroni is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is macaroni a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word macaroni is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word macaroni is a Words With Friends word. The word macaroni is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (3 found)

ARMONICA,MACARONI,MAROCAIN,

7-letter words (9 found)

ACROMIA,CAMARON,CONARIA,MACARON,MANIOCA,MARCONI,MINORCA,NARCOMA,OCARINA,

6-letter words (21 found)

ACINAR,AIRCON,AIRMAN,ANCORA,ANOMIC,ARCMIN,ARNICA,CAIMAN,CAMION,CARINA,CARMAN,CONIMA,CRANIA,MACRON,MAINOR,MANIAC,MANIOC,MARINA,MICRON,RACINO,RAMONA,

5-letter words (43 found)

ACARI,ACORN,AMAIN,AMINO,AMNIA,AMNIC,AMNIO,ANIMA,AROMA,CAIRN,CAMAN,CAROM,CARON,CIMAR,CONIA,CORAM,CORIA,CORNI,INARM,MACON,MACRO,MANIA,MANIC,MANOR,MARIA,MARON,MICRA,MICRO,MINAR,MINOR,MOIRA,MONIC,MORIA,NAIRA,NARCO,NARIC,NOMIC,NORIA,NORMA,ORCIN,RACON,RAMIN,ROMAN,

4-letter words (69 found)

ACAI,ACRO,AIRN,AMIA,AMIN,AMIR,ANOA,ARCO,ARIA,ARNA,CAIN,CAMA,CAMI,CAMO,CARN,CIAO,CION,COIN,COIR,COMA,CONI,CORM,CORN,CRAM,CRAN,CRIA,CRIM,CRON,ICON,INRO,IRON,MAAR,MACA,MAIN,MAIR,MANA,MANI,MANO,MARA,MARC,MICA,MICO,MINA,MINO,MIRO,MOAI,MOAN,MONA,MORA,MORN,NAAM,NAOI,NARC,NOIR,NOMA,NORI,NORM,ORCA,RACA,RAIA,RAIN,RAMI,RANA,RANI,RIMA,ROAM,ROAN,ROIN,ROMA,

3-letter words (46 found)

AIA,AIM,AIN,AIR,AMA,AMI,ANA,ANI,ARC,ARM,CAA,CAM,CAN,CAR,CON,COR,ION,MAA,MAC,MAN,MAR,MIC,MIR,MNA,MOA,MOC,MOI,MON,MOR,NAM,NIM,NOM,NOR,OAR,OCA,OMA,ORA,ORC,RAI,RAM,RAN,RIA,RIM,RIN,ROC,ROM,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AI,AM,AN,AR,IN,IO,MA,MI,MO,NA,NO,OI,OM,ON,OR,

You can make 207 words from macaroni according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of macaroni

macaroni

Alternative forms

  • maccaroni
  • (pasta): maccheroni

Etymology 1

From Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone. This is of unknown origin, possibly from maccare (“bruise, batter, crush”), which itself is of unknown origin, or from late Ancient Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”). Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɑk.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
  • (US) enPR: măk'ə-rōʹnē, IPA(key): /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
  • Rhymes: -əʊni

Noun

macaroni (countable and uncountable, plural macaronis or macaronies)

  1. (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]
  2. (derogatory, historical) A fop, a dandy; especially a young man in the 18th century who had travelled in Europe and who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected Continental manner. [from 17th c.]
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:macaroni.

Synonyms
  • (fop): See Thesaurus:dandy
Hyponyms
  • elbow macaroni
  • See also Thesaurus:pasta
Derived terms
Related terms
  • macaronic
Descendants
  • → Japanese: マカロニ (makaroni)
  • → Korean: 마카로니 (makaroni)
  • → Scottish Gaelic: macaroni
Translations

Adjective

macaroni (comparative more macaroni, superlative most macaroni)

  1. (historical) Chic, fashionable, stylish; in the manner of a macaroni.

See also

  • Wikipedia article on macaroni (pasta)
  • Wikipedia article on macaronies

Etymology 2

From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mak.əˈɹəʊ.ni/
  • (US) enPR: măk'ə-rōʹnē, IPA(key): /ˌmækəˈɹoʊni/
  • Rhymes: -əʊni

Noun

macaroni (plural macaronis)

  1. (obsolete) A macaroon.

Anagrams

  • Marciano, Marocain, armoniac, armonica, marocain

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

macaroni m (uncountable)

  1. macaroni

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maccaroni, obsolete variant of maccheroni (“macaroni”), plural of maccherone, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ka.ʁɔ.ni/

Noun

macaroni m (plural macaronis)

  1. (usually in the plural) macaroni
  2. (ethnic slur) wop; a person of Italian descent

Synonyms

  • rital

Derived terms

  • macaroni chinois

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Marocain, marocain

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From English macaroni, from Italian maccheroni.

Noun

macaroni m

  1. macaroni

Mutation

Spanish

Noun

macaroni m (plural macaronis)

  1. macaroni

Derived terms


Source: wiktionary.org