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Is rancour a Scrabble word?

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

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Is rancour a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is rancour a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rancour is a Words With Friends word. The word rancour is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

RANCOUR,

6-letter words (4 found)

CARRON,CORNUA,CURRAN,RANCOR,

5-letter words (7 found)

ACORN,CARON,CORNU,CRUOR,CRURA,NARCO,RACON,

4-letter words (20 found)

ACRO,ARCO,CARN,CARR,CORN,COUR,CRAN,CRON,CURN,CURR,NARC,NURR,ORCA,ORRA,OURN,RAUN,ROAN,ROAR,UNCO,URAO,

3-letter words (19 found)

ARC,CAN,CAR,CON,COR,CRU,CUR,NOR,NUR,OAR,OCA,ORA,ORC,OUR,RAN,ROC,RUC,RUN,URN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AN,AR,NA,NO,NU,ON,OR,OU,UN,UR,

You can make 61 words from rancour according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rancour

rancour

Etymology

First attested as Middle English rancour in the early 13th century, from Old French rancor, from Latin rancor (“rancidity, grudge, rancor”), from *ranceō (“be rotten or putrid, stink”), from which also English rancid.

Pronunciation

Noun

rancour (countable and uncountable, plural rancours)

  1. British, Canada, and Australia spelling of rancor

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • rankor, rauncour, rancor, rankowre, rancur, rankour

Etymology

From Old French rancor, from Latin rancor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ranˈkuːr/, /ˈrankur/
  • (Late ME) IPA(key): /ˈrankər/

Noun

rancour

  1. Jealousy, ire, towards someone; rancour (also as a metaphorical figure)
  2. (rare) Rancidity; something which smells vile.
  3. (rare) A belief that one is engaging in wrongdoing.

Descendants

  • English: rancour, rancor
  • Scots: rancour

References

  • “rancǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-30.

Old French

Noun

rancour oblique singular, f (oblique plural rancours, nominative singular rancour, nominative plural rancours)

  1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of rancur
    il se douterent qe nous eussiens conceu vers eux rancour & indignacion

Source: wiktionary.org