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Is popcorn a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word popcorn is a Scrabble US word. The word popcorn is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is popcorn a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word popcorn is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

POPCORN,

5-letter words (3 found)

CORNO,CROON,PORNO,

4-letter words (16 found)

COON,COOP,CORN,CRON,CROP,NOOP,OPPO,POCO,POON,POOP,POOR,PORN,PROO,PROP,ROON,ROOP,

3-letter words (16 found)

CON,COO,COP,COR,NOO,NOR,ONO,OON,OOP,OOR,ORC,POO,POP,PRO,ROC,ROO,

2-letter words (6 found)

NO,ON,OO,OP,OR,PO,

You can make 42 words from popcorn according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of popcorn

popcorn

Alternative forms

  • pop-corn, popped corn

Etymology

Short for popped + corn.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒp.kɔː(ɹ)n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/
  • (Boston, New England) IPA(key): /ˈpʌp.kɔɹn/, [ˈpʌp.kɒːn], [ˈpʌp.kɔɹn]

Noun

popcorn (countable and uncountable, plural popcorns)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) A snack food made from corn/maize kernels popped by dry heating.
  2. (chiefly uncountable) A type of maize with a hard outer hull that, along with the type of starch it contains, makes it suitable for popping.
  3. (knitting) A kind of stitch similar to a bobble.
  4. (attributive) A form of brainstorming in which participants call out their ideas immediately, instead of waiting for an assigned turn to speak.
  5. (humorous) Entertainment for observers.

Derived terms

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Verb

popcorn (third-person singular simple present popcorns, present participle popcorning, simple past and past participle popcorned)

  1. (of a guinea pig or chinchilla) To stand or jump up quickly.
  2. To pop repeatedly, like popcorn cooking.
  3. (knitting, rare) To use the popcorn stitch.

Czech

Alternative forms

  • popkorn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpopkorn]
  • Hyphenation: pop‧corn

Noun

popcorn m inan

  1. popcorn

Declension

Further reading

  • popcorn in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English popcorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpopkorn/, [ˈpo̞pko̞rn]
  • Syllabification(key): pop‧corn

Noun

popcorn

  1. popcorn
    Synonyms: paukkumaissi, poppari

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “popcorn”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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

French

Pronunciation

Noun

popcorn m (plural popcorns)

  1. post-1990 spelling of pop-corn

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

popcorn n (definite singular popcornet, uncountable)

  1. alternative spelling of popkorn

References

  • “popkorn” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English popcorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔp.kɔrn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔpkɔrn
  • Syllabification: pop‧corn

Noun

popcorn m inan

  1. popcorn (snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating)

Declension

Further reading

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

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • popkorn

Noun

popcorn m inan (genitive singular popcornu, nominative plural popcorny, genitive plural popcornov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. popcorn

Declension

References

  • “popcorn”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Noun

popcorn m (plural popcorns)

  1. popcorn
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

Swedish

Etymology

From English popcorn. First attested in the early 1950s.

Noun

popcorn n

  1. popcorn

Declension

Derived terms

  • popcornfilm

References

  • popcorn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • popcorn in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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