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Is necklace a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word necklace is a Scrabble US word. The word necklace is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is necklace a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word necklace is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

N1E1C3K5L1A1C3E1

Is necklace a Words With Friends word?

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

N2E1C4K5L2A1C4E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

NECKLACE,

7-letter words (1 found)

CENACLE,

6-letter words (6 found)

ALKENE,CACKLE,CANCEL,CANKLE,ELANCE,ENLACE,

5-letter words (14 found)

ACKEE,AKENE,ALECK,ANCLE,ANELE,ANKLE,CECAL,CLACK,CLANK,CLEAN,CLECK,CLEEK,KNEEL,LANCE,

4-letter words (30 found)

ACNE,AKEE,ALEC,ALEE,ANCE,CACK,CAKE,CALK,CANE,CECA,CLAN,EALE,ECCE,ELAN,KALE,KANE,KEEL,KEEN,KNEE,LACE,LACK,LAKE,LANE,LANK,LEAK,LEAN,LEEK,LEKE,NEAL,NECK,

3-letter words (25 found)

ACE,AKE,ALE,ANE,CAL,CAN,CEE,CEL,EAN,EEK,EEL,EEN,EKE,ELK,ENE,KAE,KEA,KEN,LAC,LEA,LEE,LEK,NAE,NEE,NEK,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EE,EL,EN,KA,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 89 words from necklace according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of necklace

necklace

Etymology

neck +‎ lace

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛkləs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛklɪs/, /ˈnɛkləs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkləs, (UK) -ɛklɪs

Noun

necklace (plural necklaces)

  1. An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
  2. (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
  3. (South Africa) A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
    • Necklacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    • 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
      Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
    • 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
      In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?

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Verb

necklace (third-person singular simple present necklaces, present participle necklacing, simple past and past participle necklaced)

  1. (South Africa) To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
    • 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
      Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
    • 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
      The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.

Derived terms

  • necklacing

See also

  • necklace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • collar (necklace for animals)

Source: wiktionary.org