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Is pompadour a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pompadour is a Scrabble US word. The word pompadour is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

P3O1M3P3A1D2O1U1R1

Is pompadour a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pompadour is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

P3O1M3P3A1D2O1U1R1

Is pompadour a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pompadour is a Words With Friends word. The word pompadour is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

POMPADOUR,

8-letter words (1 found)

PAUROPOD,

7-letter words (1 found)

POPADUM,

6-letter words (2 found)

MADURO,UROPOD,

5-letter words (17 found)

AMOUR,APOOP,APPRO,DOUAR,DOUMA,DOURA,DROOP,DUOMO,MUDRA,ODOUR,OPDOM,PROMO,PROUD,PUDOR,PURDA,RAUPO,RUMPO,

4-letter words (69 found)

APOD,ARUM,DAMP,DAUR,DOOM,DOOR,DOPA,DORM,DORP,DOUM,DOUP,DOUR,DRAM,DRAP,DROP,DRUM,DUAR,DUMA,DUMP,DURA,DURO,MARD,MAUD,MOOD,MOOP,MOOR,MORA,MOUP,MURA,ODOR,OPPO,ORAD,ORDO,OUMA,OUPA,PARD,PARP,POMO,POMP,POOD,POOP,POOR,POUR,PRAD,PRAM,PRAO,PRAU,PROA,PROD,PROM,PROO,PROP,PUMA,PUMP,PUPA,RAMP,ROAD,ROAM,ROMA,ROMP,ROOD,ROOM,ROOP,ROUM,ROUP,RUMP,UMRA,UPDO,URAO,

3-letter words (64 found)

ADO,AMP,AMU,APO,APP,ARD,ARM,DAM,DAP,DOM,DOO,DOP,DOR,DUM,DUO,DUP,MAD,MAP,MAR,MOA,MOD,MOO,MOP,MOR,MOU,MUD,OAR,ODA,OMA,OOM,OOP,OOR,OPA,ORA,ORD,OUD,OUP,OUR,PAD,PAM,PAP,PAR,POA,POD,POM,POO,POP,PRO,PUD,PUP,PUR,RAD,RAM,RAP,ROD,ROM,ROO,RUD,RUM,UDO,UMP,UPO,URD,URP,

2-letter words (19 found)

AD,AM,AR,DA,DO,MA,MO,MU,OD,OM,OO,OP,OR,OU,PA,PO,UM,UP,UR,

You can make 174 words from pompadour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pompadour

pompadour

Alternative forms

  • pompador (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French Pompadour, after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), mistress of Louis XV.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒmpədʊə/, /ˈpɒmpədɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːmpədɔːɹ/

Noun

pompadour (plural pompadours)

  1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
  2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
  3. A crimson or pink colour.
  4. A corsage with low square neck.
  5. A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
  6. (UK, military, slang, historical) A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.

Synonyms

  • (man's hairstyle): do, ducktail, quiff

Derived terms

  • pompadour fish

Translations

Verb

pompadour (third-person singular simple present pompadours, present participle pompadouring, simple past and past participle pompadoured)

  1. To style hair into a pompadour
    • 1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      I parted my hair back and smoothed it instead of pompadouring it.

Source: wiktionary.org