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Is picante a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word picante is a Scrabble US word. The word picante is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3I1C3A1N1T1E1

Is picante a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word picante is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3I1C3A1N1T1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

PICANTE,

6-letter words (13 found)

ACETIN,ANETIC,APNEIC,CATNEP,CATNIP,CENTAI,ENATIC,INCEPT,PANTIE,PATINE,PECTIN,PEINCT,PINETA,

5-letter words (20 found)

ACTIN,ANTIC,ENACT,ENIAC,ENTIA,EPACT,INAPT,INEPT,NEPIT,PAINT,PANCE,PANIC,PATEN,PATIN,PECAN,PIETA,PINTA,TAPEN,TENIA,TINEA,

4-letter words (53 found)

ACNE,AINE,ANCE,ANTE,ANTI,CAIN,CANE,CANT,CAPE,CAPI,CATE,CENT,CINE,CITE,EINA,EPIC,ETIC,ETNA,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,NICE,NIPA,NITE,PACE,PACT,PAIN,PANE,PANT,PATE,PEAN,PEAT,PEIN,PENI,PENT,PIAN,PICA,PICE,PIET,PINA,PINE,PINT,PITA,TACE,TAIN,TANE,TAPE,TEIN,TEPA,TIAN,TICE,TINA,TINE,

3-letter words (51 found)

ACE,ACT,AIN,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,CAN,CAP,CAT,CEP,CIT,EAN,EAT,ETA,ICE,ITA,NAE,NAP,NAT,NEP,NET,NIE,NIP,NIT,PAC,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEC,PEN,PET,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIN,PIT,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAP,TEA,TEC,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,TIP,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AI,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,IN,IT,NA,NE,PA,PE,PI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 156 words from picante according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of picante

picante

Portuguese

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
  • Hyphenation: pi‧can‧te

Adjective

picante m or f (plural picantes)

  1. stinging
  2. hot, spicy, piquant (of food)
    A comida mexicana é muito picante. ― Mexican food is very spicy.
  3. (figurative) bawdy
    Ele contou-nos muitas anedotas picantes. ― He told us a lot of bawdy jokes.

Noun

picante m (plural picantes)

  1. hot sauce
    Esta receita precisa de muito picante. ― This recipe requires a lot of hot sauce.

Spanish

Etymology

From picar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈkante/ [piˈkãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: pi‧can‧te

Adjective

picante m or f (masculine and feminine plural picantes)

  1. (of food) hot and spicy, piquant
  2. vulgar, risque

Derived terms

Noun

picante m (plural picantes)

  1. hot sauce or any hot or spicy condiment or ingredient
  2. spiciness

Further reading

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

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