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Yes. The word mestizo is a Scrabble US word. The word mestizo is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word mestizo is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

MESTIZO,

6-letter words (2 found)

SOMITE,TOZIES,

5-letter words (23 found)

EMITS,ITEMS,MESTO,METIS,MITES,MOIST,MOITS,MOSTE,MOTES,MOTIS,MOZES,OMITS,SMITE,SMOTE,STIME,TIMES,TIZES,TOISE,TOMES,TOZES,TOZIE,ZOISM,ZOIST,

4-letter words (37 found)

EMIT,EMOS,ITEM,METS,MISE,MISO,MIST,MITE,MOES,MOIT,MOSE,MOST,MOTE,MOTI,MOTS,MOZE,OMIT,SEMI,SITE,SITZ,SIZE,SMIT,SOME,STEM,STIE,STIM,TEMS,TIES,TIME,TOES,TOME,TOMS,TOSE,TOZE,ZEST,ZITE,ZITS,

3-letter words (36 found)

EMO,EMS,EST,IOS,ISM,ISO,ITS,MES,MET,MIS,MIZ,MOE,MOI,MOS,MOT,MOZ,OES,OIS,OMS,OSE,SEI,SET,SEZ,SIM,SIT,SOM,SOT,SOZ,TES,TIE,TIS,TIZ,TOE,TOM,ZIT,ZOS,

2-letter words (21 found)

EM,ES,ET,IO,IS,IT,ME,MI,MO,OE,OI,OM,OS,SI,SO,ST,TE,TI,TO,ZE,ZO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 121 words from mestizo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mestizo

mestizo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/, /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/

Noun

mestizo (plural mestizos or mestizoes)

  1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
  2. (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

Derived terms

  • mestizo wool

Translations

See also

  • Metis, metis
  • mulatto
  • mestiz, mestize
  • mustee, mustees

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Spanish mestizo, from Latin mixticius, from mixtus (“mixed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mesˈtizo]
  • Rhymes: -izo
  • Hyphenation: mes‧ti‧zo

Noun

mestizo (accusative singular mestizon, plural mestizoj, accusative plural mestizojn)

  1. mestizo (a person of mixed ancestry)

See also

  • mulato (“mulatto”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /mesˈtiθo/ [mesˈt̪i.θo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /mesˈtiso/ [mesˈt̪i.so]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -iθo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: mes‧ti‧zo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Cognate to Portuguese mestiço, French métis.

Adjective

mestizo (feminine mestiza, masculine plural mestizos, feminine plural mestizas)

  1. of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage
  2. (by extension) of mixed indigenous (aboriginal) and colonial (European) descent

Noun

mestizo m (plural mestizos, feminine mestiza, feminine plural mestizas)

  1. a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage
    Synonyms: ladino, cholo, (derogatory) panchito, (derogatory) sudaca
  2. a person whose ethnic heritage is of both aboriginal and colonial descent
  3. (Philippines, historical) a person of mixed Austronesian Filipino and non-austronesian foreign ancestry, typically born and raised in the Philippines, especially either that of the Mestizo de Español (Spanish mestizo) and Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese mestizo)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → German: Mestize
  • → Tagalog: mestiso

Etymology 2

Verb

mestizo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mestizar

Further reading

  • “mestizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org