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Is nascent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nascent is a Scrabble US word. The word nascent is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is nascent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nascent is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

NASCENT,

6-letter words (7 found)

ANENST,ASCENT,CENTAS,ENACTS,NANCES,SECANT,STANCE,

5-letter words (25 found)

ACNES,ANCES,ANENT,ANTES,CANES,CANNS,CANST,CANTS,CASTE,CATES,CENTS,CESTA,ENACT,ETNAS,NANCE,NATES,NEATS,SCANT,SCEAT,SCENA,SCENT,SENNA,STANE,STEAN,TACES,

4-letter words (54 found)

ACES,ACNE,ACTS,AESC,ANCE,ANES,ANNS,ANTE,ANTS,ATES,CANE,CANN,CANS,CANT,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,CENS,CENT,EANS,EAST,EATS,ENTS,ETAS,ETNA,NAES,NANE,NANS,NATS,NEAT,NEST,NETS,SANE,SANT,SATE,SCAN,SCAT,SEAN,SEAT,SECT,SENA,SENT,SETA,STEN,TACE,TAES,TANE,TANS,TASE,TEAS,TECS,TENS,

3-letter words (36 found)

ACE,ACT,ANE,ANN,ANS,ANT,ATE,ATS,CAN,CAT,EAN,EAS,EAT,ENS,EST,ETA,NAE,NAN,NAS,NAT,NET,SAC,SAE,SAN,SAT,SEA,SEC,SEN,SET,TAE,TAN,TAS,TEA,TEC,TEN,TES,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AS,AT,EA,EN,ES,ET,NA,NE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 137 words from nascent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nascent

nascent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nascēns, nascēntis, present participle of nascor (“I am born”). Doublet of naissant.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.sənt/, /ˈnæs.ənt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪsənt, -æsənt

Adjective

nascent (not comparable)

  1. Emerging; just coming into existence.
  2. (mathematics, obsolete) Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta.
  3. Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.
  4. (chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.
  5. (heraldry) Naissant.

Synonyms

  • (emerging): emergent, emerging, immature, inchoate, incipient, infant, in statu nascendi

Antonyms

  • dying
  • moribund

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References

  • “nascent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “nascent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org