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What does rancid mean? Is rancid a Scrabble word?

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Is rancid a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rancid is a Scrabble US word. The word rancid is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is rancid a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rancid is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

R1A1N1C3I1D2

Is rancid a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rancid is a Words With Friends word. The word rancid is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1N2C4I1D2

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6-letter words (1 found)

RANCID,

5-letter words (13 found)

ACRID,CAIRD,CAIRN,CANID,CARDI,CNIDA,DARIC,DINAR,DRAIN,NADIR,NARIC,NICAD,RANID,

4-letter words (21 found)

ACID,AIRN,ARID,CADI,CAID,CAIN,CARD,CARN,CRAN,CRIA,DARI,DARN,DRAC,NARC,NARD,RAID,RAIN,RAND,RANI,RIAD,RIND,

3-letter words (20 found)

AID,AIN,AIR,AND,ANI,ARC,ARD,CAD,CAN,CAR,CID,DAN,DIN,NID,RAD,RAI,RAN,RIA,RID,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AI,AN,AR,DA,DI,ID,IN,NA,

You can make 64 words from rancid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rancid

rancid

Etymology

From Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”), from *ranceō (“to stink”) (sense in Middle Latin), from whence also English rancor, in Latin used only in present participle rancēns (“stinking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹænsɪd/

Adjective

rancid (comparative more rancid, superlative most rancid)

  1. Rank in taste or smell.
  2. Offensive.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.

Related terms

  • rancidification
  • rancidly
  • rancidness
  • rancor

Translations

Further reading

  • “rancid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “rancid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “rancid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Cardin, carnid, darcin, dracin

Source: wiktionary.org