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Is turnip a Scrabble word?

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

T1U1R1N1I1P3

Is turnip a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1U1R1N1I1P3

Is turnip a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word turnip is a Words With Friends word. The word turnip is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1U2R1N2I1P4

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6-letter words (1 found)

TURNIP,

5-letter words (6 found)

INPUT,PRINT,PRUNT,PURIN,RUTIN,UNRIP,

4-letter words (13 found)

PINT,PIRN,PTUI,PUIR,PUNT,PURI,RIPT,RUIN,RUNT,TRIN,TRIP,TURN,UNIT,

3-letter words (24 found)

NIP,NIT,NUR,NUT,PIN,PIR,PIT,PIU,PUN,PUR,PUT,RIN,RIP,RIT,RUN,RUT,TIN,TIP,TUI,TUN,TUP,UNI,URN,URP,

2-letter words (9 found)

IN,IT,NU,PI,TI,UN,UP,UR,UT,

You can make 53 words from turnip according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of turnip

turnip

Etymology

From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.nɪp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.nɪp/

Noun

turnip (plural turnips)

  1. The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.
  2. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, Cornwall, Atlantic Canada) The yellow root of a related plant, the swede or Brassica napus.
  3. (Hong Kong) The white root of Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus, also known as a daikon.
  4. (dated) A large, heavy pocket watch, so called because its profile resembled the vegetable.
  5. (slang) A fool or simpleton.

Synonyms

  • (Brassica rapa): summer turnip, white turnip (Cornwall, Scotland)
  • (Brassica napus): rutabaga (North America), swede (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland), tumshie (Scotland)
  • (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus): see daikon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → German: Turnip
  • → Irish: tornapa
  • → Russian: турнепс (turneps)

Translations

See also

  • rutabaga
  • swede
  • turnip greens

Verb

turnip (third-person singular simple present turnips, present participle turniping or turnipping, simple past and past participle turniped or turnipped)

  1. (transitive) To plant with turnips.
  2. (transitive) To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.

References

Anagrams

  • Turpin, turpin

Source: wiktionary.org