Definitions for albacore

albacore al·ba·core

Spelling: [al-buh-kawr, -kohr]
IPA: /ˈæl bəˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr/

Albacore is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 286 anagrams from letters in albacore (aabcelor).

Definitions for albacore

noun

  1. a long-finned tuna, Thunnus alalunga, of warm or temperate seas, the flesh of which is valued for canning.
  2. any of various tunalike fishes.

Origin of albacore

1570-80; Portuguese albacora ≪ North African Arabic al-bakūrah the tuna

Examples for albacore

One Jap, using a little net, dips up live bait and throws them overboard to the albacore.

albacore feeding on the surface raise a thin, low, white line of water or multitudes of slight, broken splashes.

The albacore, he noticed suddenly, had ceased to slip through the chute.

As far as swordfish are concerned, it is easy to see what will happen, now that the albacore have become scarce.

The fishing fleet were loaded to the gunwales with albacore.

Many boatmen and anglers believe that the broadbills follow the albacore.

Then we put on an albacore and drew that, tail first, in front of him.

Then, I have ten new boats, just the kind you have to have for albacore and tuna.

It also adheres to whales, turtles, and the larger kinds of albacore.

There's plenty of albacore over here to-night for everybody.

Word Value for albacore
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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