gazette

Plural: gazettes

Noun

a newspaper or official journal
A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically.
An official periodical publication published by a government containing legal and state notices, and in some cases, legislations, subsidiary legislations and bills.

Verb

Verb Forms: gazetted, gazetting, gazettes

To publish officially in a gazette or public journal.
publish in a gazette
To publish (something) in a gazette.
To announce the status of (someone) in an official gazette; this pertained to both appointments and bankruptcies.

Examples

She hoped her winning score would be GAZETTED in the Scrabble Hall of Fame.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French gazette, from Italian gazzetta, from Venetan gazeta, from gazeta dele novità (literally “a gazeta (halfpenny) of news”), named for the cost (one gazeta) of the newspaper. Compare penny dreadful, dime novel. See gazzetta for more.

Synonyms

gazetteer

Scrabble Score: 17

gazette: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gazette: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gazette: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

gazette: valid Words With Friends Word