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Is tamale a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tamale a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is tamale a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

MALATE,MEATAL,TAMALE,

5-letter words (6 found)

ALATE,AMATE,METAL,TALEA,TALMA,TAMAL,

4-letter words (27 found)

ALAE,ALMA,ALME,AMLA,ATMA,LAMA,LAME,LATE,LEAM,LEAT,MALA,MALE,MALT,MATE,MEAL,MEAT,MELA,MELT,META,TAAL,TAEL,TALA,TALE,TAME,TEAL,TEAM,TELA,

3-letter words (25 found)

AAL,ALA,ALE,ALT,AMA,AME,ATE,EAT,ELM,ELT,ETA,LAM,LAT,LEA,LET,MAA,MAE,MAL,MAT,MEL,MET,TAE,TAM,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AE,AL,AM,AT,EA,EL,EM,ET,LA,MA,ME,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 76 words from tamale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tamale

tamale

Etymology

Back-formation from the plural tamales, from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈmɑ.li/
  • Homophone: tomalley

Noun

tamale (plural tamales)

  1. Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.

Usage notes

The standard Spanish singular is tamal, and thus some proscribe tamale as an incorrect back-formation, preferring to use tamal as the English singular. The similarity of tamale to the ancestral Nahuatl tamalli is not generally cited in support of the English usage of tamale as its spelling does not match with the Nahuatl spelling and the word originally entered via Spanish in the form of tamales.

Synonyms

  • humita
  • tamal

Derived terms

Related terms

  • tamalera
  • tamalero
  • tamalito

Translations

Anagrams

  • malate, meatal

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈmale/ [t̪aˈma.le]
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Syllabification: ta‧ma‧le

Noun

tamale m (plural tamales)

  1. (dialect) tamale

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