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Is venereal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word venereal is a Scrabble US word. The word venereal is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is venereal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word venereal is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

V4E1N1E1R1E1A1L1

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Yes. The word venereal is a Words With Friends word. The word venereal is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

LEAVENER,VENEREAL,

6-letter words (15 found)

ELEVEN,ENERVE,ENLEVE,EVENER,LAVEER,LEANER,LEAVEN,LEAVER,NERVAL,RELEVE,REVEAL,VEALER,VENEER,VERLAN,VERNAL,

5-letter words (35 found)

ANELE,ARENE,ARVEE,EEVEN,ELVAN,ELVEN,ELVER,ERVEN,LAREE,LAVER,LEARE,LEARN,LEAVE,LEEAR,LEVEE,LEVER,NAEVE,NAVEL,NEELE,NERAL,NERVE,NEVEL,NEVER,RANEE,RAVEL,RAVEN,REAVE,REEVE,RENAL,REVEL,VEALE,VEENA,VELAR,VENAE,VENAL,

4-letter words (45 found)

ALEE,ARLE,AVEL,AVER,EALE,EARL,EARN,EAVE,EEVN,ELAN,EREV,ERNE,EVEN,EVER,LAER,LANE,LARE,LARN,LAVE,LEAN,LEAR,LEER,LERE,LEVA,LEVE,NARE,NAVE,NEAL,NEAR,NEVE,RALE,RAVE,REAL,REAN,REEL,REEN,VALE,VANE,VARE,VEAL,VEER,VELA,VELE,VENA,VERA,

3-letter words (30 found)

ALE,ANE,ARE,AVE,EAN,EAR,EEL,EEN,ENE,ERA,ERE,ERN,EVE,LAR,LAV,LEA,LEE,LEV,NAE,NAV,NEE,RAN,RAV,REE,REN,REV,VAE,VAN,VAR,VEE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AL,AN,AR,EA,EE,EL,EN,ER,LA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 141 words from venereal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of venereal

venereal

Etymology

From Middle English venereal, venerealle (“of or relating to sexual intercourse”), from Latin venereus, venerius (“of or relating to sexual love”), from Venus (“Roman goddess of love”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”)) + -eus, -ius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈnɪə.ɹɪ.əl/, /vɪ-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /vəˈnɪ.ɹi.əl/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧ne‧re‧al

Adjective

venereal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse.
    Synonyms: aphroditic, (rare) Cytherean
  2. Of a disease: sexually transmitted; of or relating to, or adapted to the cure of, a venereal disease.
    Antonym: nonvenereal
    a venereal medicine
  3. (astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Venus; lascivious, lustful.
    Synonyms: libidinous, (informal) lusty, (obsolete) venereous; see also Thesaurus:randy
  4. (chemistry, obsolete) Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

Alternative forms

  • venereall (obsolete)

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Further reading

  • “venereal”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “venereal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  • "venereal" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

  • leavener, valerene

Source: wiktionary.org