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Is pecan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pecan is a Scrabble US word. The word pecan is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is pecan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pecan is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is pecan a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pecan is a Words With Friends word. The word pecan is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

PANCE,PECAN,

4-letter words (9 found)

ACNE,ANCE,CANE,CAPE,NAPE,NEAP,PACE,PANE,PEAN,

3-letter words (15 found)

ACE,ANE,APE,CAN,CAP,CEP,EAN,NAE,NAP,NEP,PAC,PAN,PEA,PEC,PEN,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AN,EA,EN,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from pecan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pecan

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Definitions and meaning of pecan

pecan

Alternative forms

  • paccan, peccan (dated, possibly obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pacane and at first spelt paccan. The French word derives from an Algonquian word, perhaps Miami (Illinois) pakani. Compare Cree pakan (“hard nut”), Ojibwe bagaan, Abenaki pagann, bagôn, pagôn (“nut; walnut, hazelnut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pecan (plural pecans)

  1. A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
  2. A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
  3. A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
    • 2005, in The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno; Atria Books, →ISBN:
      Each shell contains two pecans, usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.

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Further reading

  • pecan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Capen, NEACP, pance

Galician

Verb

pecan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of pecar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpekan/ [ˈpe.kãn]
  • Rhymes: -ekan
  • Syllabification: pe‧can

Verb

pecan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of pecar

Source: wiktionary.org