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Is mancala a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mancala is a Scrabble US word. The word mancala is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

M3A1N1C3A1L1A1

Is mancala a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mancala is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

M3A1N1C3A1L1A1

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7-letter words (2 found)

ALMANAC,MANCALA,

5-letter words (2 found)

CAMAN,CANAL,

4-letter words (15 found)

ALAN,ALMA,AMLA,ANAL,CALM,CAMA,CLAM,CLAN,LAMA,LANA,MACA,MALA,MANA,NAAM,NALA,

3-letter words (16 found)

AAL,ALA,AMA,ANA,CAA,CAL,CAM,CAN,LAC,LAM,MAA,MAC,MAL,MAN,MNA,NAM,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AL,AM,AN,LA,MA,NA,

You can make 42 words from mancala according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mancala

mancala

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

mancala (countable and uncountable, plural mancalas)

  1. (board games) Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits. [from 17th c.]

Hyponyms

  • congkak
  • hoyito
  • omweso
  • sungka
  • wari

Anagrams

  • almanac

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məŋˈka.lə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [maŋˈka.la]

Noun

mancala m (plural mancales)

  1. mancala (family of two-person board games)

Hypernyms

  • joc

Further reading

  • “mancala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈkala/ [mãŋˈka.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: man‧ca‧la

Etymology 1

Noun

mancala f (plural mancalas)

  1. mancala

Etymology 2

Verb

mancala

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mancar combined with la

Source: wiktionary.org