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Is nouveau a Scrabble word?

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

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Is nouveau a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1O1U1V4E1A1U1

Is nouveau a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word nouveau is a Words With Friends word. The word nouveau is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2O1U2V5E1A1U2

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7-letter words (1 found)

NOUVEAU,

5-letter words (1 found)

NOVAE,

4-letter words (11 found)

AEON,AUNE,EOAN,NAVE,NOVA,OVEN,UNAU,UVAE,UVEA,VANE,VENA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ANE,AUE,AVE,AVO,EAN,EAU,EON,EVO,NAE,NAV,ONE,OVA,UVA,VAE,VAN,VAU,VOE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AN,EA,EN,NA,NE,NO,NU,OE,ON,OU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of nouveau

nouveau

Etymology

French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuːˈvəʊ/

Adjective

nouveau (not comparable)

  1. New, fashionable.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu.vo/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Homophone: nouveaux

Adjective

nouveau (masculine singular before vowel nouvel, feminine nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)

  1. new, novel

Usage notes

  • nouveau is a French adjective which when possessing an attributive function can precede its noun.
  • When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: nouvo
  • Mauritian Creole: nouvo
  • Seychellois Creole: nouvo
  • → English: nouveau

Noun

nouveau m (plural nouveaux, feminine nouvelle)

  1. new person, new thing
    Antonym: vieux

Derived terms

  • de nouveau
  • à nouveau

Related terms

  • neuf
  • nouvelle
  • novice
  • innover
  • rénover
  • renouveler

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nouveau m (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaulx, feminine plural nouvelles)

  1. new

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “new”): vieulx

Descendants

  • French: nouveau
    • Haitian Creole: nouvo
    • Mauritian Creole: nouvo
    • Seychellois Creole: nouvo
    • → English: nouveau

Source: wiktionary.org