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Is plaque a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word plaque is a Scrabble US word. The word plaque is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

PLAQUE,

5-letter words (3 found)

EQUAL,PELAU,QUALE,

4-letter words (10 found)

LEAP,PALE,PAUL,PEAL,PELA,PLEA,PLUE,PULA,PULE,QUEP,

3-letter words (17 found)

ALE,ALP,ALU,APE,AUE,EAU,LAP,LEA,LEP,LEU,PAL,PEA,PEL,PLU,PUL,QUA,ULE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AL,EA,EL,LA,PA,PE,UP,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from plaque according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plaque

plaque

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French plaque (“plate, sheet (of metal); slab (of marble); bacteria on teeth”), from French plaquer, Middle French plaquer (“to plate”), from Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from Old Dutch *plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

The word is cognate with Middle Low German placke, plagge (“small stain, scraps, rags, thin grass”), German Placken (“spot, patch”), Saterland Frisian plak, plakke (“a blow, slap”), Swedish plagg (“clothing, garment”). Compare plack.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /plɑːk/, /plæk/
  • (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /plak/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /plæk/, [pʰl̥æk]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /plaːk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːk, -æk

Noun

plaque (countable and uncountable, plural plaques)

  1. (countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
  2. (countable) A piece of flat metal with writing on it, attached to a building, monument, or other structure to remind people of a person or an event.
  3. (countable) A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
  4. (countable, biology) A clearing in a bacterial lawn caused by a virus.
  5. (countable, music) In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system: any flat, thin musical instrument.
  6. (countable, pathology) A broad patch of abnormal tissue distinguishable from surrounding tissue, especially a broad papule (“inflamed, irritated patch”) on the skin.
  7. (countable, uncountable, pathology) An abnormal accumulation of material in or on an organ of the body, often associated with disease.
    1. (countable, uncountable, pathology) An accumulation in artery walls made up of macrophage cells and debris containing lipids, (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium, and connective tissue; an atheroma.
    2. (uncountable, dentistry) An accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth, which may develop into dental calculus (tartar).
    3. (countable, medicine) A deposit of beta-amyloid protein occurring in a nerve cell and associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • placard
  • placula
  • plaquet

Translations

References

Further reading

  • commemorative plaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • dental plaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • plaque (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from *Old Dutch plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plak/
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

plaque f (plural plaques)

  1. sheet, plate (of metal)
  2. slab (of marble)
  3. (medicine) plaque (bacteria on teeth)
    plaque muqueuse, dentaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. plaque, slab (ornamental)
  5. (casino) chip
    Synonym: jeton
  6. (electrics, photography) plate
  7. (geology) plate (especially a tectonic plate)
  8. slab, bar (of e.g. chocolate)
  9. (slang) 10,000 francs
    Synonyms: brique, bâton
  10. burner; ring (element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking)

Derived terms

Verb

plaque

  1. inflection of plaquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: placa

Further reading

  • “plaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

plaque

  1. inflection of placar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

plaque

  1. inflection of placar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org