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Is tacamahac a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tacamahac is a Scrabble US word. The word tacamahac is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is tacamahac a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tacamahac is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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Yes. The word tacamahac is a Words With Friends word. The word tacamahac is worth 20 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

TACAMAHAC,

7-letter words (1 found)

MACHACA,

6-letter words (2 found)

CHACMA,MATCHA,

5-letter words (2 found)

CATCH,MATCH,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACCA,ACTA,AMAH,ATMA,CACA,CAMA,CHAM,CHAT,MACA,MACH,MAHA,MATH,TACH,TAHA,

3-letter words (15 found)

AAH,ACH,ACT,AHA,AMA,CAA,CAM,CAT,CHA,HAM,HAT,MAA,MAC,MAT,TAM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AH,AM,AT,CH,HA,HM,MA,TA,

You can make 44 words from tacamahac according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tacamahac

tacamahac

Alternative forms

  • tacamahaca

Etymology

From Spanish, from Nahuatl thecomahaca, to use the spelling of Hernandez 1614.

In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902.

Noun

tacamahac (countable and uncountable, plural tacamahacs)

  1. A bitter balsamic resin or resinous exudation obtained from tropical American trees of the family Burseraceae (Bursera tomentosa and Icica tacamahaca), from East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum, or from the balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera).
  2. Any tree yielding tacamahac resin, especially, in North America, the balsam poplar or balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera).

Synonyms

  • (the balsam poplar): hackmatack, tamarack

References

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

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