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Is peruke a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word peruke is a Scrabble US word. The word peruke is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is peruke a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word peruke is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

PERUKE,

5-letter words (4 found)

KREEP,PUKER,PUREE,RUPEE,

4-letter words (12 found)

KEEP,PEEK,PEER,PEKE,PERE,PERK,PREE,PUER,PUKE,PURE,REEK,REKE,

3-letter words (17 found)

EEK,EKE,ERE,ERK,EUK,KEP,KUE,PEE,PER,PRE,PUR,REE,REP,RUE,UKE,URE,URP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ER,PE,RE,UP,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 41 words from peruke according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of peruke

peruke

Alternative forms

  • perruque, peruque

Etymology

From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈɹuk/
  • Rhymes: -uːk
  • Hyphenation: per‧uke

Noun

peruke (plural perukes)

  1. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Related terms

  • perruquier

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

peru +‎ -ke

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈperukeˣ/, [ˈpe̞ruk̟e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eruke
  • Syllabification(key): pe‧ru‧ke

Noun

peruke

  1. (fishing) wire trace, snood

Declension

Synonyms

  • tapsi

Further reading

  • “peruke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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