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Yes. The word seneschal is a Scrabble US word. The word seneschal is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word seneschal is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word seneschal is a Words With Friends word. The word seneschal is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

SENESCHAL,

8-letter words (6 found)

CLEANSES,ENCASHES,ENCHASES,HALENESS,LACHESES,SCALENES,

7-letter words (20 found)

ACHENES,CASSENE,CHESSEL,CLASHES,CLEANSE,ELANCES,ELENCHS,ENCASES,ENCHASE,ENLACES,ENSEALS,HANSELS,LANCHES,LEACHES,LEASHES,SCALENE,SCHANSE,SEALCHS,SEANCES,SENECAS,

6-letter words (51 found)

ACHENE,AESCES,ANCLES,ANELES,CANEHS,CASHES,CEASES,CENSES,CHASES,CHASSE,CHELAE,CHELAS,CLEANS,EASELS,EASLES,EASSEL,ELANCE,ELENCH,ENCASE,ENCASH,ENLACE,ENSEAL,HALSES,HANCES,HANSEL,HANSES,HASSEL,HASSLE,LACHES,LANCES,LASHES,LEASES,LECHES,LENSES,LESSEN,NACHES,SCALES,SCENAS,SCENES,SEALCH,SEANCE,SECESH,SELAHS,SENECA,SHALES,SHEALS,SHEELS,SHEENS,SLANES,SLEECH,SNEESH,

5-letter words (83 found)

ACHES,ACNES,ALECS,ANCES,ANCLE,ANELE,ASHEN,ASHES,CAESE,CANEH,CANES,CASES,CEASE,CENSE,CESSE,CHALS,CHASE,CHELA,CHESS,CLAES,CLANS,CLASH,CLASS,CLEAN,EALES,EASEL,EASES,EASLE,ECHES,ELANS,ESNES,HALES,HALSE,HANCE,HANSE,HEALS,HEELS,HELES,HENCE,LACES,LANCE,LANCH,LANES,LASES,LEACH,LEANS,LEASE,LEASH,LEECH,LENES,LENSE,LESES,NACHE,NEALS,SALES,SALSE,SANES,SCALE,SCANS,SCENA,SCENE,SEALS,SEANS,SEASE,SECHS,SEELS,SELAH,SELES,SENAS,SENES,SENSA,SENSE,SHALE,SHANS,SHEAL,SHEAS,SHEEL,SHEEN,SLAES,SLANE,SLASH,SNASH,SNEES,

4-letter words (90 found)

ACES,ACHE,ACNE,AESC,ALEC,ALEE,ALES,ANCE,ANES,CALS,CANE,CANS,CASE,CASH,CEAS,CEES,CELS,CENS,CESS,CHAL,CHAS,CLAN,EACH,EALE,EANS,EASE,ECHE,EECH,EELS,ELAN,ELSE,ENES,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,HAEN,HAES,HALE,HASS,HEAL,HEEL,HELE,HENS,LACE,LACS,LAHS,LANE,LASE,LASH,LASS,LEAN,LEAS,LECH,LEES,LENS,LESS,NACH,NAES,NEAL,NESH,NESS,SACS,SALE,SALS,SANE,SANS,SASH,SCAN,SEAL,SEAN,SEAS,SECH,SECS,SEEL,SEEN,SEES,SELE,SELS,SENA,SENE,SENS,SESE,SESH,SHAN,SHEA,SHEN,SHES,SLAE,SLEE,SNEE,

3-letter words (51 found)

ACE,ACH,AHS,ALE,ALS,ANE,ANS,ASH,ASS,CAL,CAN,CEE,CEL,CHA,CHE,EAN,EAS,ECH,EEL,EEN,EHS,ELS,ENE,ENS,ESS,HAE,HAN,HAS,HEN,HES,LAC,LAH,LAS,LEA,LEE,LES,NAE,NAH,NAS,NEE,SAC,SAE,SAL,SAN,SEA,SEC,SEE,SEL,SEN,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AH,AL,AN,AS,CH,EA,EE,EH,EL,EN,ES,HA,HE,LA,NA,NE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 321 words from seneschal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of seneschal

seneschal

Alternative forms

  • seneskal (dated or rare)

Etymology

From Middle English seneschal (recorded in English since 1393), from Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz, from Proto-Germanic *siniz (“senior”) + *skalkaz (“servant”); latter term as in marshal. As an officer of the French crown, via French sénéchal.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĕnʹə-shəl IPA(key): /ˈsɛnəʃəl/
  • Hyphenation: sen‧e‧schal

Noun

seneschal (plural seneschals)

  1. A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
  2. (historical) An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc.

Synonyms

  • (steward): See steward

Derived terms

  • (office; term): seneschalship
  • (office; term; purview): seneschalty

Translations

See also

  • (equivalent medieval office in northern France): bailiff

Dutch

Noun

seneschal m (plural seneschallen or seneschals)

  1. Archaic form of seneschalk.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • seneschall, senyschall, senescal, senescall, synechall, syneschall, seneshal
  • (Late ME) senesciall, senceall, sencial, senciall

Etymology

From Old French seneschal, from Medieval Latin siniscalcus, from Frankish *siniskalk, from Proto-Germanic *siniskalkaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛnɛstʃal/, /ˈsɛniʃal/, /ˈsɛnitʃal/, /ˈsɛniskal/

Noun

seneschal (plural seneschals)

  1. A steward in charge of a nobleman's estate.
  2. A viceroy; one governing in place of a ruler.

Descendants

  • English: seneschal
  • Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)

References

  • “seneshal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • seneschall

Noun

seneschal oblique singular, m (oblique plural seneschaus or seneschax or seneschals, nominative singular seneschaus or seneschax or seneschals, nominative plural seneschal)

  1. seneschal

Descendants

  • Middle French: seneschal, senechal
    • French: sénéchal
  • → Middle Armenian: սենեսկալ (seneskal), սենէսկալ (senēskal), սենեսջալ (senesǰal), սինիջալ (siniǰal), սինէգալ (sinēgal)
  • → Middle Dutch: seneschal, seneschael
    • Dutch: seneschalk, seneschaal, seneschael, seneschalck; seneschal
  • → Middle English: seneschal, senescall, seneschall
    • English: seneschal
    • Scots: senescall, seneschall (obsolete)
  • → Middle High German: seneschalc, sëneschalt, seneschlant, scheneschlant (also possibly from Middle Latin)
    • German: Seneschall

Source: wiktionary.org