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Is manque a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word manque is a Scrabble US word. The word manque is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is manque a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word manque is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Yes. The word manque is a Words With Friends word. The word manque is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

MANQUE,

5-letter words (2 found)

QUEAN,QUENA,

4-letter words (10 found)

AMEN,AUNE,MANE,MAUN,MEAN,MENU,NAME,NAMU,NEMA,NEUM,

3-letter words (17 found)

AME,AMU,ANE,AUE,EAN,EAU,EMU,MAE,MAN,MEN,MEU,MNA,MUN,NAE,NAM,QUA,UME,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AM,AN,EA,EM,EN,MA,ME,MU,NA,NE,NU,UM,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 45 words from manque according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of manque

manque

Alternative forms

  • manqué

Etymology

From French manqué.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɒŋˈkeɪ/

Adjective

manque (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
    an artist manque

Usage notes

  • In most usage this word retains the grammar of French. It often appears in italics in English printed text, indicating that it should follow correct French spelling, inflection (plural, gender), as well as being positioned after the noun modified. See manqué.

Asturian

Verb

manque

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mancar

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃k/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French manque (first attested in 1594), from Old Italian manco (“lack”).

Noun

manque m (plural manques)

  1. lack, absence
    le manque d’amour maternel ― the lack of maternal love
  2. stress due to drug withdrawal
Derived terms
  • en manque
  • manque à gagner

Verb

manque

  1. inflection of manquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian manco, from Latin mancus.

Noun

manque f (plural not attested)

  1. Only used in à la manque

References

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

manque

  1. inflection of mancar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

manque

  1. inflection of mancar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

manque

  1. inflection of mancar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org