fruitcake
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- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
Definition of fruitcake
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
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(colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A crazy or eccentric person.
“Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.”
“One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?"”
“"Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio.”
- (US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A homosexual male.
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Etymology
Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.
Words you can make from fruitcake
200+ playable · top: FUCKER (15 pts)
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16 words5-letter words
72 words- FRACK 14 pts
- FAKER 12 pts
- FAKIE 12 pts
- FAKIR 12 pts
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- KAFIR 12 pts
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- KRAFT 12 pts
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- CREAK 11 pts
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- TRICK 11 pts
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- KAURI 9 pts
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- AFTER 8 pts
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- UREIC 7 pts
- AUREI 5 pts
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4-letter words
90 words- FECK 13 pts
- FUCK 13 pts
- FAKE 11 pts
- KAIF 11 pts
- KERF 11 pts
- KIEF 11 pts
- KUFI 11 pts
- CAKE 10 pts
- CARK 10 pts
- CUKE 10 pts
- RACK 10 pts
- RECK 10 pts
- RICK 10 pts
- RUCK 10 pts
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- CUIF 9 pts
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- FICE 9 pts
- FUCI 9 pts
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- CURE 6 pts
- CURT 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- URIC 6 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
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- RITE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
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