keiretsu
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
Definition of keiretsu
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A set of Japanese companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.
“Japan's keiretsu—or families of firms in large scratch-each-other's back networks—supported this or that faction in the LDP, producing a highly successful, structurally corrupt model of economic development that showed remarkable resilience through Japan's high growth economic period.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 系列(けいれつ) (keiretsu, literally “system, series”), from Middle Chinese 繫 (ɣèj, “attached”) + 列 (ljet, “set, row”) (compare Mandarin 系列 (xìliè, “series, set”)).
Words you can make from keiretsu
158 playable · top: KEISTER (11 pts)
Best play keister 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
40 words- ESKER 9 pts
- KEETS 9 pts
- KEIRS 9 pts
- KIERS 9 pts
- KITER 9 pts
- KITES 9 pts
- REEKS 9 pts
- SIKER 9 pts
- SKEET 9 pts
- SKIER 9 pts
- SKIRT 9 pts
- SKITE 9 pts
- STEEK 9 pts
- STIRK 9 pts
- TIKES 9 pts
- TREKS 9 pts
- TRIKE 9 pts
- TURKS 9 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- REUSE 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- SIEUR 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- STEER 5 pts
- STERE 5 pts
- SUETE 5 pts
- SUITE 5 pts
- TERES 5 pts
- TERSE 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TREES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
- TRUES 5 pts
- UTERI 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- EKES 8 pts
- IRKS 8 pts
- KEET 8 pts
- KEIR 8 pts
- KIER 8 pts
- KIRS 8 pts
- KIST 8 pts
- KITE 8 pts
- KITS 8 pts
- KRIS 8 pts
- KUES 8 pts
- REEK 8 pts
- RISK 8 pts
- RUSK 8 pts
- SEEK 8 pts
- SIKE 8 pts
- SKEE 8 pts
- SKIT 8 pts
- TIKE 8 pts
- TREK 8 pts
- TURK 8 pts
- TUSK 8 pts
- UKES 8 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SUET 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- TEES 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
- UTES 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- EEK 7 pts
- EKE 7 pts
- IRK 7 pts
- KIR 7 pts
- KIS 7 pts
- KIT 7 pts
- KUE 7 pts
- SKI 7 pts
- SUK 7 pts
- TSK 7 pts
- UKE 7 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- SEE 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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