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Is serai a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word serai is a Scrabble US word. The word serai is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

S1E1R1A1I1

Is serai a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word serai is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

S1E1R1A1I1

Is serai a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word serai is a Words With Friends word. The word serai is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (5 found)

AESIR,ARISE,RAISE,REAIS,SERAI,

4-letter words (18 found)

AIRS,ARES,ARIS,ARSE,EARS,ERAS,IRES,RAIS,RASE,REIS,RIAS,RISE,SAIR,SARI,SEAR,SEIR,SERA,SIRE,

3-letter words (22 found)

AIR,AIS,ARE,ARS,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,IRE,RAI,RAS,REI,RES,RIA,SAE,SAI,SAR,SEA,SEI,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AI,AR,AS,EA,ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from serai according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of serai

serai

English

Etymology 1

From Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”), with the sense as a seraglio via its use in Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈɹaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ

Noun

serai (plural serais)

  1. (in Turkish or Muslim Asian contexts) A palace.
  2. A seraglio.
  3. A caravanserai; an inn.

References

“serai”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

From Malay serai.

Noun

serai (uncountable)

  1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) lemongrass

Anagrams

  • Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, raise, reais

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə.ʁe/, /sʁe/
  • Homophones: serez, serais, serait, seraient
  • Rhymes: -e

Verb

serai

  1. first-person singular future indicative of être

Anagrams

  • aires, raies, séria, siéra

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sərai/

Noun

serai

  1. Cymbopogon citratus; lemongrass.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay serai.

Noun

serai

  1. Cymbopogon citratus; lemongrass

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

serai

  1. Cymbopogon citratus; lemongrass.

Further reading

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

Occitan

Verb

serai

  1. first-person singular future indicative of èsser

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سرای (seray, saray), from Persian سرای (sarây).

Noun

serai n (plural seraiuri)

  1. seraglio, palace

Declension

Tswana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪˈra.i/

Noun

serai class 7 (plural dirai)

  1. trap, snare

Source: wiktionary.org