artisan

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/(UK)
See all 5 pronunciations
/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/(UK) · /ɑː(ɹ)tɪˈzæn/(UK) · /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/(UK) · /ˈɑɹtɪzən/(US) · /ˈɑɹtɪsən/(US)

Definition of artisan

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
    “One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city.”
See all 3 definitions

noun

  1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
    “One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city.”
  2. A person who displays great dexterity.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Artisanal.
    “Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).”
    “Cartier and Tiffany have some unlikely new neighbours near Sloane Square — a butcher, a greengrocer and a cheesemonger. […] The row of artisan food and drink shops also includes a wine merchant. A bakery is due to open in time for Christmas and a tenant is being sought for a sixth unit.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).

Words you can make from artisan

127 playable · top: ANTIARS (7 pts)

Best play antiars 7 points

7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

12 words

5-letter words

33 words

4-letter words

36 words

3-letter words

31 words

2-letter words

13 words

Hooks

3 extensions · 2 front · 1 back

A single letter you can add to artisan to make another valid word.

Find your best play with artisan

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes artisan, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.