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Is negress a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word negress is a Scrabble US word. The word negress is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

N1E1G2R1E1S1S1

Is negress a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word negress is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

N1E1G2R1E1S1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

NEGRESS,

6-letter words (7 found)

EGRESS,GENRES,GERNES,GREENS,GRESES,SERGES,SNEERS,

5-letter words (23 found)

EGERS,ERNES,ERSES,ESNES,GENES,GENRE,GERES,GERNE,GESSE,GREEN,GREES,GRENS,GRESE,REENS,REGES,RESES,SEERS,SENES,SENSE,SERES,SERGE,SNEER,SNEES,

4-letter words (33 found)

EGER,ENES,ENGS,ERES,ERGS,ERNE,ERNS,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,GEES,GENE,GENS,GERE,GERS,GREE,GREN,NEGS,NESS,REEN,REES,REGS,RENS,SEEN,SEER,SEES,SEGS,SENE,SENS,SERE,SERS,SESE,SNEE,

3-letter words (22 found)

EEN,ENE,ENG,ENS,ERE,ERG,ERN,ERS,ESS,GEE,GEN,GER,NEE,NEG,REE,REG,REN,RES,SEE,SEG,SEN,SER,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EN,ER,ES,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from negress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of negress

negress

Alternative forms

  • Negress

Etymology

From French négresse, from nègre. Equivalent to Negro +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːɡɹɪs/

Noun

negress (plural negresses)

  1. (dated, literary, now offensive and an ethnic slur) A black female.
    • 1995, A. J. Verdelle, The Good Negress (book title)
    Synonyms: negrette, niggerette, niggeress, niggress, nigress; see also Thesaurus:person of color

Related terms

  • negro
  • negroid

Translations

See also

  • Latina
  • Muslimah

Anagrams

  • Gessner, Sengers

Swedish

Noun

negress c

  1. (dated, now offensive) a negress
    Synonym: negrinna

Usage notes

Seldom used purely as an ethnic slur, though old-fashioned and often (somewhat) derogatory.

Declension

References

  • negress in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • negress in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • negress in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org