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Yes. The word quinoa is a Scrabble US word. The word quinoa is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is quinoa a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word quinoa is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

QUINOA,

5-letter words (3 found)

QUINA,QUINO,QUOIN,

4-letter words (4 found)

NAOI,QUAI,QUIN,UNAI,

3-letter words (6 found)

AIN,ANI,ION,QIN,QUA,UNI,

2-letter words (12 found)

AI,AN,IN,IO,NA,NO,NU,OI,ON,OU,QI,UN,

You can make 26 words from quinoa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of quinoa

quinoa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkiːn.wɑː/, /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkinˌwɑ/, /kiˈnoʊ.ə/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -əʊə, (US) -oʊə

Noun

quinoa (countable and uncountable, plural quinoas)

  1. A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
  2. The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.

Translations

Further reading

  • quinoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Chenopodium quinoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

  • Aquino

Catalan

Noun

quinoa f (plural quinoes)

  1. quinoa

Further reading

  • “quinoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “quinoa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “quinoa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkin.ʋaː/, /kinˈʋaː/, /ˈki.noː.aː/, /kiˈnoː.aː/
  • Hyphenation: qui‧noa

Noun

quinoa m (plural quinoa's)

  1. quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa
    Synonym: gierstmelde
    Hypernym: ganzenvoet
  2. (uncountable) the seeds of the quinoa
    Synonym: gierstmelde

Derived terms

Further reading

  • quinoa on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.nɔ.a/

Noun

quinoa m or f (plural quinoas)

  1. quinoa

Usage notes

Traditionally a masculine noun but with frequent feminine usage.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈnɔ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔa
  • Hyphenation: qui‧nò‧a

Noun

quinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)

  1. quinoa

Further reading

  • quinoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Aquino

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • quinua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: quinou-a (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: qui‧no‧a

Noun

quinoa f (plural quinoas)

  1. quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)

Spanish

Noun

quinoa f (plural quinoas)

  1. Alternative form of quinua

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org