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Is terroir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word terroir is a Scrabble US word. The word terroir is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is terroir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word terroir is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

T1E1R1R1O1I1R1

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7-letter words (2 found)

RORTIER,TERROIR,

6-letter words (4 found)

RIOTER,RORIER,RORTER,TERROR,

5-letter words (5 found)

ERROR,RETRO,RORIE,TRIER,TRIOR,

4-letter words (15 found)

RIOT,RITE,RORE,RORT,ROTE,ROTI,TIER,TIRE,TIRO,TIRR,TORE,TORI,TORR,TRIE,TRIO,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERR,IRE,ORE,ORT,REI,REO,RET,RIT,ROE,ROT,TIE,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ET,IO,IT,OE,OI,OR,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 51 words from terroir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of terroir

terroir

Etymology

Borrowed from French terroir.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛːˈwɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tɛɹˈwɑɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

terroir (countable and uncountable, plural terroirs)

  1. The complete set of local conditions in which a particular wine or family of wines is produced, including soil type, weather conditions, topography and wine-making savoir-faire.

Synonyms

  • somewhereness

Derived terms

  • terroirist

Anagrams

  • rortier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *terratorium, from Classical Latin territorium, from terra (“land”). Compare the borrowed doublet territoire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁwaʁ/, /te.ʁwaʁ/
  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Noun

terroir m (plural terroirs)

  1. soil
  2. land, landscape, country

Related terms

  • terre

Further reading

  • “terroir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org