parvenue
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of parvenue
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(feminine, form-of)Female equivalent of parvenu.
“They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French parvenue, feminine past participle of parvenir (“to arrive”), learned borrowing from Latin parvenire, from per- (“through”) + venire (“to come”).
Words you can make from parvenue
117 playable · top: PARVENU (12 pts)
Best play parvenu 12 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
40 words- PAVE 9 pts
- PERV 9 pts
- VAPE 9 pts
- VEEP 9 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- EAVE 7 pts
- ERUV 7 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
- NEVE 7 pts
- RAVE 7 pts
- UVEA 7 pts
- VANE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VENA 7 pts
- VERA 7 pts
- APER 6 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- NEEP 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PARE 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEAR 6 pts
- PEEN 6 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PRAU 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- PUNA 6 pts
- PURE 6 pts
- RAPE 6 pts
- REAP 6 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RUNE 4 pts
- UREA 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- AVE 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- NAV 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- VAN 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VAU 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- APE 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PUN 5 pts
- PUR 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- URP 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUN 3 pts
- URN 3 pts
2-letter words
13 wordsHooks
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