gourmet
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of gourmet
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Fine; of superior quality.
“We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.”
“The restaurant offered gourmet coffee and cigars after the meal.”
“[On the coffee] Mmm! God damn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit!”
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adj
-
(not-comparable)Fine; of superior quality.
“We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.”
“The restaurant offered gourmet coffee and cigars after the meal.”
“[On the coffee] Mmm! God damn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit!”
noun
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A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.
“The vulvae of the sow were popular as a gourmet's dish. Credited with erotic effects.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom,…
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Borrowed from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from groume, grommes (“wine-taster, manservant”), apparently from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”), from Old English *grōm (“male child, boy, youth”), akin to Old English grōwan (“to grow”). Cognate of Spanish grumete and Catalan grumet. More at groom.
Words you can make from gourmet
106 playable · top: MORGUE (9 pts)
Best play morgue 9 points6-letter words
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15 words4-letter words
34 words- GERM 7 pts
- GEUM 7 pts
- GORM 7 pts
- GRUM 7 pts
- MEOU 6 pts
- MORE 6 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- MOUE 6 pts
- MURE 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- OMER 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TOME 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- ERGO 5 pts
- GOER 5 pts
- GORE 5 pts
- GOUT 5 pts
- GROT 5 pts
- GRUE 5 pts
- OGRE 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TROG 5 pts
- TRUG 5 pts
- URGE 5 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- ROTE 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- TORE 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- GEM 6 pts
- GUM 6 pts
- MEG 6 pts
- MOG 6 pts
- MUG 6 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- GOT 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RUG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- TOG 4 pts
- TUG 4 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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