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congee

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Is congee a Scrabble word?

Yes, congee is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of congee?

Definition

noun (English)

1. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):countableuncountable

2. Leave, formal permission for some action, (originally and particularly):countableobsoleteuncountable

3. (obsolete) Formal dismissal; (figurative) any dismissal; (originally & particularly humorously ironic) abrupt dismissal without ceremony.Examples: "So courteous conge both did giue and take, With right hands plighted, pledges of good will."countableobsoleteuncountable

4. (obsolete) Formal leavetaking; (figurative) any farewell.countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (obsolete, Scotland) A fee paid to make another go away, (particularly) alms to a persistent beggar.Scotlandcountableobsoleteuncountable

6. (archaic) A bow, curtsey, or other gesture (originally) made at departure but (later) including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.Examples: "As salutations, reverences, or conges, by which some doe often purchase the honour, (but wrongfully) to be humble, lowly, and courteous[…]."; "So saying, he bowed with a thousand apish congês, and presented his paper to Peregrine […]."; "“My daughter Rebecca, so please your Grace,” answered Isaac, with a low congee, nothing embarrassed by the Prince’s salutation, in which, however, there was at least as much mockery as courtesy."archaiccountableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)archaicobsoletetransitive

2. (archaic) To give congee, (particularly)archaicobsoletetransitive

3. (archaic) To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.archaic

4. (archaic) To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., (particularly dialectal) while leaving; (figuratively) to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.archaic

noun (English)

1. (Asian cooking) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.Examples: "In a past life in Fuzhou, it represented some reality other than the one of daily congee and pickled turnips, cabbage and boiled rip soup."Synonyms: rice porridge, rice congee, porridge, zhou, jook, jukuncountableusually

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "congee"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "congee"?

Scrabble
9 points
C3
O1
N1
G2
E1
E1
Words With Friends
12 points
C4
O1
N2
G3
E1
E1

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