verlan

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/

Definition of verlan

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.

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Etymology

From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).

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