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Is volcano a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word volcano is a Scrabble US word. The word volcano is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is volcano a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word volcano is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

V4O1L1C3A1N1O1

Is volcano a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word volcano is a Words With Friends word. The word volcano is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

VOLCANO,

5-letter words (3 found)

COLON,CONVO,VOCAL,

4-letter words (17 found)

ALCO,ALOO,CALO,CLAN,CLON,COAL,COLA,COOL,COON,LOAN,LOCA,LOCO,LOON,NOLO,NOVA,OVAL,VOLA,

3-letter words (18 found)

AVO,CAL,CAN,COL,CON,COO,LAC,LAV,LOO,NAV,NOO,OCA,ONO,OON,OVA,VAC,VAN,VOL,

2-letter words (8 found)

AL,AN,LA,LO,NA,NO,ON,OO,

You can make 47 words from volcano according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of volcano

volcano

Alternative forms

  • vulcano (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian vulcano and French volcan, from Latin Vulcanus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɒl.ˈkeɪ.nəʊ/, (obsolete) /vɒl.ˈkɑː.nəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /vɑl.ˈkeɪ.noʊ/, /vɔl.ˈkeɪ.noʊ/

Noun

volcano (plural volcanoes or volcanos)

  1. A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
  2. A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

Hypernyms

  • mountain

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bislama: volkeno
  • → Scottish Gaelic: bholcàno
  • → Swahili: volkano, volkeno

Translations

See also

  • crater
  • lava
  • lava flow
  • magma
  • vent

Verb

volcano (third-person singular simple present volcanos or volcanoes, present participle volcanoing, simple past and past participle volcanoed)

  1. to erupt; to burst forth

References

Further reading

  • volcano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org