Definitions For Encomienda
Noun
ENCOMIENDA (plural ENCOMIENDAs) (history, uncountable) A system in Spain and, later and more extensively, in Spanish colonies, in which the right to exploit the labour of certain groups of subject people (initially, muslims, during the reconquista) was granted to conquerors; servitude within this system. (history, countable) A permission to exploit labour within the encomienda system; an enterprise established to exploit such a permission.Etymology
Borrowed from {{bor, en, es, encomienda, , grant}}.See also
encomenderoAnagrams
coined nameIs Encomienda a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
NO
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
19
The word Encomienda is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends