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Is orgue a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word orgue is a Scrabble US word. The word orgue is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is orgue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word orgue is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

O1R1G2U1E1

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5-letter words (4 found)

ERUGO,ORGUE,ROGUE,ROUGE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ERGO,EURO,GOER,GORE,GRUE,OGRE,REGO,ROUE,URGE,

3-letter words (17 found)

EGO,ERG,GEO,GER,GOE,GOR,GUE,GUR,ORE,ORG,OUR,REG,REO,ROE,RUE,RUG,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

ER,GO,GU,OE,OR,OU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 40 words from orgue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of orgue

orgue

English

Etymology

From French orgue, from Latin organum (“organ, instrument, tool”), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”). Doublet of organ, organon, and organum.

Noun

orgue (plural orgues)

  1. (military) Any of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
  2. (military) A piece of ordnance, consisting of a number of musket barrels arranged so that a match or train may connect with all their touchholes, and a discharge be secured almost or quite simultaneously.

Anagrams

  • rogue, rouge, Rouge, Rogue

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin organum. Doublet of òrgan, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔr.ɡə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔɾ.ɣe]

Noun

orgue m (plural orgues or òrguens)

  1. (organ instruments) organ
  2. (firearms) (historical) A set of arquebus which could be fired all at once or one by one.

Related terms

  • òrgan

Further reading

  • “orgue”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin organum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon). Doublet of organe, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁɡ/

Noun

orgue m (plural orgues)

  1. (music) organ

Usage notes

  • Conventionally, orgue is grammatically masculine in the singular, but feminine in the plural; the same applies to amour and délice.

Derived terms

  • orgue de Barbarie
  • point d'orgue

Descendants

  • → Persian: ارگ (org)

See also

  • orgues

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • rouge

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French orgue.

Noun

orgue m (plural orgues)

  1. (Jersey, music) organ

Related terms

  • organiste (“organist”)

Source: wiktionary.org