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Is reggae a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reggae is a Scrabble US word. The word reggae is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is reggae a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reggae is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

R1E1G2G2A1E1

Is reggae a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word reggae is a Words With Friends word. The word reggae is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

AGREGE,RAGGEE,REGGAE,

5-letter words (10 found)

AGGER,AGREE,EAGER,EAGRE,EGGAR,EGGER,GAGER,GEARE,GREGE,RAGEE,

4-letter words (11 found)

AGEE,AGER,AREG,EGER,GAGE,GARE,GEAR,GERE,GREE,RAGE,RAGG,

3-letter words (15 found)

AGE,ARE,EAR,EGG,ERA,ERE,ERG,GAE,GAG,GAR,GEE,GER,RAG,REE,REG,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AG,AR,EA,EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from reggae according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of reggae

reggae

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 song "Do the Reggay".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡeɪ

Noun

reggae (uncountable)

  1. (Rastafari, music) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • raggee

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English reggae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreɡeː/, [ˈre̞ɡe̞ː]

Noun

reggae

  1. reggae

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “reggae”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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

Etymology

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag.

Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)

  1. (music) reggae

Further reading

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

Malay

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Noun

reggae (plural reggae-reggae, informal 1st possessive reggaeku, 2nd possessive reggaemu, 3rd possessive reggaenya)

  1. Alternative spelling of rege.

Further reading

  • “reggae” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡɛ
  • Syllabification: re‧ggae
  • Homophone: Regę

Noun

reggae n (indeclinable, related adjective reggae'owy or reggaeowy)

  1. reggae (music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies)

Further reading

  • reggae in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • reggae in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • reggae in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: regue (Brazil)

Noun

reggae m (uncountable)

  1. (music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)

Derived terms

  • regueiro

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French reggae, from Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”).

Noun

reggae n (uncountable)

  1. reggae

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreɡe/ [ˈre.ɣ̞e]
  • Rhymes: -eɡe

Noun

reggae m (plural reggaes)

  1. reggae

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

reggae c

  1. (music) reggae

Declension

References

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

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