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Is peanut a Scrabble word?

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

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Is peanut a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3E1A1N1U1T1

Is peanut a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word peanut is a Words With Friends word. The word peanut is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1A1N2U2T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PEANUT,

5-letter words (4 found)

PATEN,TAPEN,TAUPE,UNAPT,

4-letter words (24 found)

ANTE,AUNE,AUNT,ETNA,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,PANE,PANT,PATE,PATU,PEAN,PEAT,PENT,PUNA,PUNT,TANE,TAPE,TAPU,TEPA,TUAN,TUNA,TUNE,UPTA,

3-letter words (33 found)

ANE,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,AUE,EAN,EAT,EAU,ETA,NAE,NAP,NAT,NEP,NET,NUT,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEN,PET,PUN,PUT,TAE,TAN,TAP,TAU,TEA,TEN,TUN,TUP,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,NA,NE,NU,PA,PE,TA,TE,UN,UP,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 79 words from peanut according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of peanut

peanut

Alternative forms

  • pea nut, pea-nut (obsolete)

Etymology

From pea +‎ nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: pē'nŭt", IPA(key): /ˈpiːnʌt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpiˌnʌt/
  • Hyphenation: pea‧nut

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

  1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
  2. (US) A very small clam.
  3. (in the plural) See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Synonyms

  • goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK), pinder (Southern US)

Hypernyms

  • earthnut, groundnut

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • beer nut

Verb

peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

  1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

Further reading

  • Arachis hypogaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • peanut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • peanut at USDA Plants database
  • peanut at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

  • ante up, ante-up, untape

Danish

Etymology

From English peanut.

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

  1. peanut

Inflection

Synonyms

  • jordnød

Further reading

  • “peanut” in Den Danske Ordbog

Source: wiktionary.org