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Yes. The word manioc is a Scrabble US word. The word manioc is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is manioc a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word manioc is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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6-letter words (4 found)

ANOMIC,CAMION,CONIMA,MANIOC,

5-letter words (8 found)

AMINO,AMNIC,AMNIO,CONIA,MACON,MANIC,MONIC,NOMIC,

4-letter words (22 found)

AMIN,CAIN,CAMI,CAMO,CIAO,CION,COIN,COMA,CONI,ICON,MAIN,MANI,MANO,MICA,MICO,MINA,MINO,MOAI,MOAN,MONA,NAOI,NOMA,

3-letter words (21 found)

AIM,AIN,AMI,ANI,CAM,CAN,CON,ION,MAC,MAN,MIC,MNA,MOA,MOC,MOI,MON,NAM,NIM,NOM,OCA,OMA,

2-letter words (13 found)

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

You can make 68 words from manioc according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of manioc

manioc

Alternative forms

  • manioca, mandioc, manihoc
  • manihot (from Guaraní rather than Old Tupi)

Etymology

From French manioc and Spanish mandioca, ultimately from Old Tupi mani'oka.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.ni.ɒk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.niˌɑk/, /ˈmeɪ.niˌɑk/
  • Hyphenation: man‧i‧oc

Noun

manioc (usually uncountable, plural maniocs)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.
    • 1975, William R. Bascom, African Dilemma Tales, Mouton (De Gruyter), page 86,
      The banana, the most important crop above ground, quarreled with the manioc, the most important underground crop. […] The manioc said that it, the yam, the sweet potato, and others were the ones that fed people and that without them people could not exist.
    • 1977, Donald W. Lathrap, Our Father the Cayman, Our Mother the Gourd, Charles A. Reed (editor), Origins of Agriculture, Mouton (De Gruyter), page 741,
      The selection process leading to the bitter group of maniocs has been in terms of higher starch yield and in terms of starch of a quality more appropriate for making bread ans flour.
  2. (uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.
  3. (uncountable) A food starch prepared from the root.

Synonyms

  • (Manihot esculenta): cassava, yuca
  • (cassava root): cassava, yuca
  • (food starch): cassava, tapioca

Translations

References

  • manioc on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Manihot on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Manihot on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Category:Cassava on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Camino, MINOCA, Monica, anicom, anomic, camion, conima

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.njɔk/

Noun

manioc m (plural maniocs)

  1. cassava, manioc

Descendants

  • → German: Maniok
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
    • Turkish: manyok
  • → Romanian: manioc

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • camion

Middle French

Noun

manioc m (plural maniocs)

  1. cassava, manioc

Descendants

  • French: manioc
    • → German: Maniok
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
      • Turkish: manyok
    • → Romanian: manioc
  • → English: manioc
  • → Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
  • → Romanian: manioc

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French manioc.

Noun

manioc n (uncountable)

  1. cassava

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org