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Is maize a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word maize is a Scrabble US word. The word maize is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is maize a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word maize is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

MAIZE,

4-letter words (2 found)

AMIE,MAZE,

3-letter words (6 found)

AIM,AME,AMI,MAE,MIZ,ZEA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AI,AM,EA,EM,MA,ME,MI,ZA,ZE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from maize according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of maize

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Definitions and meaning of maize

maize

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi, from Proto-Arawak *marikɨ. Cognate with Lokono marisi, Wayuu maiki.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: māz, IPA(key): /meɪz/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [meːz]
  • Rhymes: -eɪz
  • Homophone: maze

Noun

maize (countable and uncountable, plural maizes)

  1. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

Synonyms

  • (Zea mays): corn (US English, Canadian English); green corn, Indian corn, sugar corn, sweet corn

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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Further reading

  • maize on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Zea mays on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *maiž-, an ablaut variant of *miež- (whence Latvian mieži (“barley”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, probably from the stem *h₂meh₁- (“to cut; to mow”) modified into *mey-, and with an added element *ǵ (whence Proto-Baltic *ž, whence Latvian z). Cognates include Old Prussian mayse (“barley”) (misspelled as wayse in the 16th-century source), Old Iranian *maiz- "to sow".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [màjzɛ]

Noun

maize f (5th declension)

  1. bread (foodstuff, baked from wheat, rye, sometimes corn)
    kviešu, rudzu maize ― wheat, rye bread
    neraudzēta maize ― unleavened bread
    maizes klaips, šķēle ― loaf, slice of bread
    maizes garoza ― bread crust
    maizes zupa ― bread soup
    cept maizi ― to bake bread
    maizes mīkla ― bread dough
    maizes ceptuve ― bakery (lit. bread baking place)
    maizes veikals ― bakery (lit. bread shop)
    maizes krāsns ― bread oven
    apziest maizi ar sviestu ― spread butter on bread
    ēst maizi ar desu ― to eat bread with sausage
    focaccia ir viena no populārākajām itāļu maizēm ― focaccia is one of the most popular Italian breads
  2. bread dough
    mīcīt maizi ― to knead bread
    maize rūgst ― the bread (dough) is fermenting
  3. (poetic) cereals, cereal grains, especially rye, wheat
    priecīgākā diena, kad klētī sāk smaržot jaunā maize ― joyful day, when the barn starts to smell like new bread (= wheat)
  4. (figuratively) food, nutrition
    viņš var ēst tēva maizi bez kādām rūpēm ― he can eat his father's bread without any worries
  5. (figuratively) essential, necessary element
    metāls ir rūpniecības maize ― metal is the bread of industry
  6. (figuratively) livelihood, means of supporting oneself; work
    J. Vītols bija atradis darbu un maizi Pēterpilī ― J. Vītols had found work and bread in Pēterpils (St. Petersburg)
    ja kāds aiziet citā maizē: zinātnieka vai inženiera, vai mākslinieka maizē... ― if someone goes into another bread (= profession): the scientific or engineering, or the artistic bread (= profession)...

Declension

Derived terms

  • baltmaize, balta maize
  • maiznīca
  • maiznieks, maizniece
  • rupjmaize, rupja maize
  • sviestmaize

References


Source: wiktionary.org