cento
Noun
- A literary or musical composition made up of parts from other works.
- A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
Examples
- His Scrabble play was a CENTO of previously used letters, creating an entirely new word.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”).
Scrabble Score: 7
cento: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcento: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cento: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
cento: valid Words With Friends Word