carbonara

Meanings

Noun

sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese
A thick Italian pasta sauce, made with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper.
A spaghetti dish made using such a sauce.
A spaghetti dish made using a similar sauce made from a different type of cured pork than guanciale (such as bacon, pancetta, lardons, gammon or ham).

Origin / Etymology

From the Italian carbonara, shortening of alla carbonara (literally “in the manner of charcoal burners”, or “in the manner of the Carbonari”), ultimately from carbone (“coal”).

Scrabble Score: 13

carbonara is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
carbonara is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carbonara is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

carbonara is a valid Words With Friends word