6 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
noun nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
originFrom French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.
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