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Is piazza a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word piazza is a Scrabble US word. The word piazza is worth 26 points in Scrabble:

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Is piazza a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word piazza is a Scrabble UK word and has 26 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

PIAZZA,

5-letter words (1 found)

PIZZA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIA,PIA,ZAP,ZIP,ZIZ,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AI,PA,PI,ZA,

You can make 12 words from piazza according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of piazza

piazza

Etymology

From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, and plaza.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /piˈæt.sə/, /piˈɑt.sə/
  • (US) (veranda): IPA(key): /piˈæ.zə/, /piˈɑ.zə/

Noun

piazza (plural piazzas or piazze)

  1. A public square, especially in Italian cities.
  2. (US dialects, especially New England, dated) A veranda; a porch.
  3. (UK) A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).

Usage notes

  • The plural piazze is used especially when the word refers to public squares in Italy, and plural piazzas when it refers to porches.
  • In some Southern dialects, the variant form pizer is used.

References

  • Thomas Durant Visser, Porches of North America (2012, →ISBN
  • “piazza”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • apizza

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjat.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -attsa
  • Hyphenation: piàz‧za

Etymology 1

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa). Doublet of platea. Cognate with Portuguese praça, Spanish plaza, French place, German Platz.

Noun

piazza f (plural piazze)

  1. square, plaza
  2. market
  3. space, post
  4. (Rome, figurative) a bald area on the scalp
Synonyms
  • (market): mercato
  • (bald spot): chierica
Derived terms
  • mettere in piazza
  • piazzale
  • piazzetta
Descendants
  • → English: piazza
  • → Hungarian: piac (via a northern dialect)
  • → Romanian: piață

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piazza

  1. inflection of piazzare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • pazzia

Source: wiktionary.org