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

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

TRAVOIS,VIATORS,

6-letter words (7 found)

AORIST,ARISTO,RATIOS,SATORI,SAVIOR,TRAVIS,VIATOR,

5-letter words (41 found)

AIRTS,ARIOT,ARTIS,ARVOS,ASTIR,AVISO,IOTAS,OSTIA,OVIST,RAITS,RATIO,RATOS,RIOTS,RIVAS,ROAST,ROIST,ROSIT,ROSTI,ROTAS,ROTIS,SAVOR,SITAR,SORTA,STAIR,STOAI,STRIA,TAROS,TARSI,TIARS,TIROS,TORAS,TORSI,TRIOS,TROIS,VAIRS,VISOR,VISTA,VISTO,VITAS,VITRO,VOARS,

4-letter words (63 found)

AIRS,AIRT,AITS,ARIS,ARTI,ARTS,ARVO,AVOS,IOTA,ITAS,OARS,OAST,OATS,ORTS,OSAR,RAIS,RAIT,RAST,RATO,RATS,RAVS,RIAS,RIOT,RITS,RIVA,RIVO,ROST,ROTA,ROTI,ROTS,SAIR,SARI,SATI,SOAR,SORA,SORI,SORT,STAR,STIR,STOA,TAIS,TAOS,TARO,TARS,TAVS,TIAR,TIRO,TORA,TORI,TORS,TOSA,TRIO,TSAR,VAIR,VARS,VAST,VATS,VIAS,VISA,VITA,VOAR,VORS,VROT,

3-letter words (47 found)

AIR,AIS,AIT,ARS,ART,ATS,AVO,IOS,ISO,ITA,ITS,OAR,OAT,OIS,ORA,ORS,ORT,OVA,RAI,RAS,RAT,RAV,RIA,RIT,ROT,SAI,SAR,SAT,SAV,SIR,SIT,SOT,SOV,SRI,TAI,TAO,TAR,TAS,TAV,TIS,TOR,VAR,VAS,VAT,VIA,VIS,VOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

AI,AR,AS,AT,IO,IS,IT,OI,OR,OS,SI,SO,ST,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 176 words from travois according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of travois

travois

Etymology

The noun is derived from Michif travawy (IPA(key): /tɹæˈvɔɪ/), from Canadian French travail (“travois”), from French travail, from Middle French travail, from Old French travail (“frame for restraining horses and cattle for medical treatment or shoeing”), from Late Latin tripālium (“torture device consisting of three stakes”), from Latin tripālis (“having, or propped up by, three pales or stakes”) (from tri- (prefix meaning ‘three’) + pālus (“pale, stake”)) + -ium (suffix forming nouns).

The spelling travois and pronunciations /ˈtɹævwɑ(ː)/, /tɹævˈwɑ/ are probably influenced by French -ois (suffix forming adjectives relating to particular countries, regions, or cities, their associated inhabitant names, and the local languages or dialects).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹəˈvɔɪ/, /ˈtɹævɔɪ/, /ˈtɹævwɑː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /tɹəˈvɔɪ/, /ˈtɹævɔɪ/, /ˈtɹævwɑ/, /tɹævˈwɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ, (one GA pronunciation) -ɑ
  • Hyphenation: tra‧vois

Noun

travois (plural travoises or travois)

  2. (originally and chiefly Canada, US, historical) A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.
  3. (by extension)
    1. A similar piece of equipment used to transport something by dragging; especially a stretcher dragged by a horse, mule, etc., used to transport an ill or injured person.
    2. (Canada, US, forestry, archaic) A sled dragged by a horse or ox to transport logs, with one end of each log on the sled and the other end touching the ground.

Alternative forms

  • travail, travoise, travoy

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Verb

travois (third-person singular simple present travoises, present participle travoising, simple past and past participle travoised)

  1. (transitive) To transport (someone or something) by means of a travois.
  2. (intransitive, rare) To use a travois to transport a load.

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References

Further reading

  • travois on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Viators, viators

Source: wiktionary.org