Definitions for caracul

caracul car·a·cul

Spelling: [kar-uh-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈkær ə kəl/

Caracul is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 83 anagrams from letters in caracul (aacclru).

Definitions for caracul

noun

  1. Karakul.
  2. one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry. Compare broadtail, Persian lamb.
  3. (sometimes lowercase) a Karakul lambskin.

Origin of caracul

First recorded in 1850-55; after Kara Kul lake on the Pamir plateau, Tajikistan, near where the sheep were bred

Examples for caracul

Fingal was about to marry her when he was called to oppose caracul, who had invaded Caledonia.

Word Value for caracul
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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