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

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

MINSTREL,

7-letter words (10 found)

ENTRISM,LIMNERS,LINTERS,MERLINS,MILTERS,MINSTER,MINTERS,REMINTS,SLINTER,SNIRTLE,

6-letter words (44 found)

ELINTS,ENLIST,ESTRIN,INERTS,INLETS,INSERT,INTELS,INTERS,LIMENS,LIMNER,LINERS,LINTER,LISTEN,LISTER,LITERS,LITRES,MERILS,MERITS,MERLIN,MILERS,MILTER,MINERS,MINTER,MISTER,MISTLE,MITERS,MITRES,NITERS,NITRES,RELIST,REMINT,REMITS,SILENT,SIMNEL,SINTER,SMILER,SMILET,SMITER,STRINE,TILERS,TIMERS,TINSEL,TRIENS,TRINES,

5-letter words (106 found)

ELINT,ELSIN,EMIRS,EMITS,ENLIT,INERM,INERT,INLET,INSET,INTEL,INTER,ISLET,ISTLE,ITEMS,LEIRS,LENIS,LENTI,LIENS,LIERS,LIMEN,LIMES,LIMNS,LINER,LINES,LINTS,LITER,LITES,LITRE,MEINS,MEINT,MELTS,MERIL,MERIS,MERIT,MERLS,METIS,MIENS,MILER,MILES,MILTS,MINER,MINES,MINTS,MIRES,MISER,MITER,MITES,MITRE,NEIST,NELIS,NERTS,NIRLS,NITER,NITES,NITRE,REINS,REIST,RELIT,REMIT,RENTS,RESIN,RESIT,RIELS,RIEMS,RILES,RIMES,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,RITES,SENTI,SERIN,SIENT,SILEN,SILER,SIREN,SLIER,SLIME,SMELT,SMILE,SMITE,SNIRT,STEIL,STEIN,STERN,STILE,STIME,STIRE,STRIM,TEILS,TEINS,TERMS,TERNS,TIERS,TILER,TILES,TIMER,TIMES,TINES,TIRES,TIRLS,TREMS,TRIES,TRIMS,TRINE,TRINS,

4-letter words (112 found)

ELMS,ELTS,EMIR,EMIT,ENTS,ERNS,ERST,IRES,ISLE,ITEM,LEIR,LEIS,LENS,LENT,LEST,LETS,LIEN,LIER,LIES,LIME,LIMN,LINE,LINS,LINT,LIRE,LIST,LITE,LITS,MEIN,MELS,MELT,MENT,MERI,MERL,METS,MIEN,MILE,MILS,MILT,MINE,MINT,MIRE,MIRS,MISE,MIST,MITE,NEST,NETS,NIES,NILS,NIMS,NIRL,NITE,NITS,REIN,REIS,REMS,RENS,RENT,REST,RETS,RIEL,RIEM,RILE,RIME,RIMS,RINE,RINS,RISE,RITE,RITS,SEIL,SEIR,SEMI,SENT,SIEN,SILE,SILT,SINE,SIRE,SITE,SLIM,SLIT,SMIR,SMIT,SNIT,STEM,STEN,STIE,STIM,STIR,TEIL,TEIN,TELS,TEMS,TENS,TERM,TERN,TIER,TIES,TILE,TILS,TIME,TINE,TINS,TIRE,TIRL,TREM,TRES,TRIE,TRIM,TRIN,

3-letter words (58 found)

ELM,ELS,ELT,EMS,ENS,ERM,ERN,ERS,EST,INS,IRE,ISM,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIN,LIS,LIT,MEL,MEN,MES,MET,MIL,MIR,MIS,NET,NIE,NIL,NIM,NIS,NIT,REI,REM,REN,RES,RET,RIM,RIN,RIT,SEI,SEL,SEN,SER,SET,SIM,SIN,SIR,SIT,SRI,TEL,TEN,TES,TIE,TIL,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (18 found)

EL,EM,EN,ER,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,LI,ME,MI,NE,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 350 words from minstrel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of minstrel

minstrel

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English minstral, menestrel (“actor; juggler; mime; musician; singer; storyteller; (military) soldier playing a horn or trumpet as a signal”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman menestrel [and other forms] and Old French menestrel (“artisan; servant; itinerant musician or poet; worker”) [and other forms] (modern French ménestrel (“minstrel”)), from Late Latin ministerialis (“official or retainer owing household and military service to a feudal lord, a ministerial or ministerialis”), from Latin ministerium (“employment, ministration; office of a minister, ministry; action or attendance by an inferior person such as a slave, service”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Ministerium is derived from minister (“accomplice; agent; aide; attendant; servant; waiter”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“little, small”) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional suffix forming adjectives)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Doublet of ministerial and ministerialis.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)l/
  • Hyphenation: mins‧trel

Noun

minstrel (plural minstrels) (also attributively)

  1. (historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
    Synonyms: bard, jongleur, troubadour
  2. (by extension)
    1. (chiefly poetic) Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.
    2. (US, historical) One of a troupe of entertainers, often a white person who wore black makeup (blackface), to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of banjo music, dance, and song (now sometimes regarded as racist).
    3. (by extension, slang) An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.

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See also

  • vaudeville

Verb

minstrel (third-person singular simple present minstrels, present participle minstreling or minstrelling, simple past and past participle minstreled or minstrelled) (also figuratively)

  1. (transitive) To play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song).
  2. (intransitive) To act as a minstrel; to entertain by playing a musical instrument, singing, etc.

Derived terms

  • minstreling, minstrelling (noun)

Translations

References

Further reading

  • minstrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • minstrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • meltrins

Czech

Alternative forms

  • menestrel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪnstrɛl]
  • Hyphenation: min‧s‧t‧rel

Noun

minstrel m anim

  1. minstrel
    Synonym: žakéř
    Angličtí minstrelové o něm začali zpívat středověké balady. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Further reading

  • minstrel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • minstrel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English minstrel, from Old French menestral, from Latin ministeriālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmin.strɛl/
  • Rhymes: -instrɛl
  • Syllabification: min‧strel

Noun

minstrel m pers

  1. (historical) minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)

Declension

Further reading

  • minstrel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • minstrel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org