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Is rococo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rococo is a Scrabble US word. The word rococo is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is rococo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rococo is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

ROCOCO,

4-letter words (2 found)

COCO,CROC,

3-letter words (6 found)

COO,COR,OOR,ORC,ROC,ROO,

2-letter words (2 found)

OO,OR,

You can make 11 words from rococo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rococo

rococo

Etymology

Borrowed from French rococo.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹəˈkəʊkəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

Noun

rococo (countable and uncountable, plural rococos)

  1. (uncountable) A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
  2. (countable) A piece of ornamentation in this style.

Translations

Adjective

rococo (comparative more rococo, superlative most rococo)

  1. Of or relating to the rococo style.
  2. Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.
  3. Old-fashioned.

Translations

French

Etymology

Undoubtedly, a word from rocaille and barroco, to denote pejoratively a "rock" style, then gone out-of-fashion; invented in 1797 by Pierre-Maurice Quays, pupil of Jacques-Louis David and firebrand of an austere neoclassical style.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ.kɔ.ko/

Adjective

rococo (plural rococos)

  1. rococo (architectural style, all senses)
  2. (abstract, derogatory) Relating to old traditions, which may be seen as foolishly outdated; archaic, old-fashioned, obsolete, backwards

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org