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What does tontine mean? Is tontine a Scrabble word?

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Is tontine a Scrabble word?

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

T1O1N1T1I1N1E1

Is tontine a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1O1N1T1I1N1E1

Is tontine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tontine is a Words With Friends word. The word tontine is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1O1N2T1I1N2E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

NONETTI,TONTINE,

6-letter words (3 found)

INTENT,INTONE,TONITE,

5-letter words (7 found)

ETTIN,NITON,NOINT,NONET,TENNO,TENON,TONNE,

4-letter words (19 found)

INTO,NEON,NETT,NINE,NITE,NONE,NONI,NOTE,NOTT,OINT,ONIE,TEIN,TENT,TINE,TINT,TITE,TOIT,TONE,TOTE,

3-letter words (17 found)

EON,INN,ION,NET,NIE,NIT,NON,NOT,ONE,TEN,TET,TIE,TIN,TIT,TOE,TON,TOT,

2-letter words (13 found)

EN,ET,IN,IO,IT,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from tontine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tontine

tontine

Etymology

From French tontine, named after Lorenzo de Tonti, who introduced the scheme into France in around 1653. Can be decomposed as Tonti +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɒnˈtiːn/, /ˈtɒnˌtiːn/
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɒntaɪn/

Noun

tontine (plural tontines)

  1. (finance, insurance) A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.

Derived terms

  • tontiner
  • tontineer
  • tontinier

Translations

See also

  • dead pool (a misnomer for tontine)

Anagrams

  • nonetti

French

Etymology

From Tonti +‎ -ine From Lorenzo Tonti, Napoleonic banker, who proposed this scheme to Jules Mazarin in 1653.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ̃.tin/

Noun

tontine f (plural tontines)

  1. tontine

Derived terms

  • tontiner
  • tontinier

Descendants

  • → English: tontine

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org