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Is pesto a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pesto is a Scrabble US word. The word pesto is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is pesto a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pesto is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (7 found)

ESTOP,PESTO,POETS,POTES,STOEP,STOPE,TOPES,

4-letter words (20 found)

EPOS,OPES,OPTS,PESO,PEST,PETS,POET,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,SEPT,SPET,SPOT,STEP,STOP,TOES,TOPE,TOPS,TOSE,

3-letter words (17 found)

EST,OES,OPE,OPS,OPT,OSE,PES,PET,POS,POT,PST,SET,SOP,SOT,TES,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (11 found)

ES,ET,OE,OP,OS,PE,PO,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from pesto according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pesto

pesto epsto pseto speto espto septo petso eptso pteso tpeso etpso tepso psteo spteo ptseo tpseo stpeo tspeo estpo setpo etspo tespo stepo tsepo pesot epsot pseot speot espot sepot peost epost poest opest eopst oepst psoet spoet poset opset sopet ospet esopt seopt eospt oespt soept osept petos eptos pteos tpeos etpos tepos peots epots poets opets eopts oepts ptoes tpoes potes optes topes otpes etops teops eotps oetps toeps oteps pstoe sptoe ptsoe tpsoe stpoe tspoe psote spote poste opste sopte ospte ptose tpose potse optse topse otpse stope tsope sotpe ostpe tospe otspe estop setop etsop tesop steop tseop esotp seotp eostp oestp soetp osetp etosp teosp eotsp oetsp toesp otesp stoep tsoep sotep ostep tosep otsep

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Definitions and meaning of pesto

pesto

Etymology

1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛstoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛstəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ

Noun

pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)

  1. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino).

Coordinate terms

  • persillade
  • pistou

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈpes.tu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpes.to]

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

  1. pesto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpesto]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -esto
  • Hyphenation: pes‧to

Noun

pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)

  1. pestilence

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpesto/, [ˈpe̞s̠to̞]
  • Rhymes: -esto
  • Syllabification(key): pes‧to

Noun

pesto

  1. pesto

Declension

Derived terms

compounds
  • pestokastike

Further reading

  • “pesto”, 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

Anagrams

  • pesot, petos, sepot, sopet

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.sto/
  • Rhymes: -esto
  • Hyphenation: pé‧sto

Etymology 1

From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).

Adjective

pesto (feminine pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)

  1. crushed, ground, beaten
  2. livid, bluish, black
    occhio pesto ― black eye
  3. pitch-dark, pitch-black
    buio pesto ― pitch darkness
Related terms
  • cartapesta
  • pestare

Noun

pesto m (plural pesti)

  1. (cooking) pesto
Related terms
  • pesto alla genovese
  • pesto alla trapanese
Descendants
  • → English: pesto
  • → Turkish: pesto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pestare

Anagrams

  • poste

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛs.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛstɔ
  • Syllabification: pes‧to

Noun

pesto n (indeclinable)

  1. pesto (Italian sauce especially for pasta)

Further reading

  • pesto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpesto/ [ˈpes.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -esto
  • Syllabification: pes‧to

Noun

pesto m (plural pestos)

  1. pesto

Further reading

  • “pesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛsdɔ/, [ˈpʰɛstɔ]

Noun

pesto m (uncountable)

  1. pesto

Mutation


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