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Is nacre a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nacre is a Scrabble US word. The word nacre is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is nacre a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nacre is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (5 found)

CANER,CRANE,CRENA,NACRE,RANCE,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,CANE,CARE,CARN,CRAN,EARN,NARC,NARE,NEAR,RACE,REAN,

3-letter words (14 found)

ACE,ANE,ARC,ARE,CAN,CAR,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERN,NAE,RAN,REC,REN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AN,AR,EA,EN,ER,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 43 words from nacre according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nacre

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Definitions and meaning of nacre

nacre

Alternative forms

  • naker, nacker (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara. Also present in nacarat.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈneɪkə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈneɪkəɹ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪkə(ɹ)

Noun

nacre (countable and uncountable, plural nacres)

  1. (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. [16th–19th c.]
  2. A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. [from 17th c.]

Derived terms

  • nacrous

Translations

Anagrams

  • Caren, Carne, Cerna, Crane, Crean, Nérac, Rance, caner, caren, crane, crena, rance, recan

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nacre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nakʁ/

Noun

nacre f (plural nacres)

  1. mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)

Verb

nacre

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

Derived terms

  • nacré
  • nacrer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • ancre, ancré, cerna, crâne, écran, encra, rance

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nacre, nacaire, from Medieval Latin nacchara, from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra).

Noun

nacre m (plural nacres)

  1. nacre (shellfish)

Descendants

  • French: nacre (“mother-of-pearl”), nacaire (“a small drum”)
  • → Catalan: nacre
    • → Portuguese: nácar
    • → Spanish: nácar
  • → English: nacre, naker, nacker

Source: wiktionary.org