chancre
Meanings
Plural: chancres
Noun
- a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.
Scrabble Score: 14
chancre is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordchancre is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chancre is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
chancre is a valid Words With Friends word