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Is tarmac a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tarmac a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1A1R1M3A1C3

Is tarmac a Words With Friends word?

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

T1A1R1M4A1C4

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6-letter words (3 found)

AMTRAC,RAMCAT,TARMAC,

5-letter words (2 found)

CARAT,CARTA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACTA,ATMA,CAMA,CART,CRAM,MAAR,MACA,MARA,MARC,MART,RACA,RATA,TARA,TRAM,

3-letter words (17 found)

ACT,AMA,ARC,ARM,ART,CAA,CAM,CAR,CAT,MAA,MAC,MAR,MAT,RAM,RAT,TAM,TAR,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AM,AR,AT,MA,TA,

You can make 42 words from tarmac according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tarmac

tarmac

Etymology

Clipping of tarmacadam, which is tar +‎ macadam (crushed stones). Originally a trademark owned by its inventor, Edgar Hooley.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk/

Noun

tarmac (countable and uncountable, plural tarmacs)

  1. Tarmacadam.
    Coordinate term: asphalt concrete
  2. (loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.
    Synonym: asphalt
  3. (UK, Ireland, Canada) The driveable surface of a road.
  4. (informal, aviation) The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.

Translations

See also

  • asphalt

Verb

tarmac (third-person singular simple present tarmacs, present participle tarmacking or tarmacing or tarmaccing, simple past and past participle tarmacked or tarmaced or tarmacced)

  1. (British, Canada) To pave with tarmacadam or a similar material.
    • 2014, Taking the rough with the smooth: Bolton residents anger over half-tarmaced road, ITV Granada:
      Residents in Bolton are angry after workmen tarmaced only one half of their road leaving the other half strewn with potholes.
  2. (aviation) To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.

Derived terms

  • retarmac
  • untarmacked

Anagrams

  • amtrac, mactra, ram-cat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English, a clipping of tarmacadam. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taʁ.mak/

Noun

tarmac m (plural tarmacs)

  1. tarmac (part of airport)

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tarmac.

Noun

tarmac m (genitive singular tarmac)

  1. tarmac

Declension

Synonyms

  • tarramhacadam

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarmac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org