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Yes. The word ancilla is a Scrabble US word. The word ancilla is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is ancilla a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ancilla is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ANCILLA,

6-letter words (3 found)

CALLAN,CLINAL,LAICAL,

5-letter words (7 found)

CALLA,CANAL,LANAI,LIANA,LILAC,LINAC,NALLA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACAI,ALAN,ANAL,ANIL,CAIN,CALL,CILL,CLAN,LAIC,LAIN,LANA,NAIL,NALA,NILL,

3-letter words (15 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIN,ALA,ALL,ANA,ANI,CAA,CAL,CAN,ILL,LAC,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AI,AL,AN,IN,LA,LI,NA,

You can make 48 words from ancilla according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ancilla

ancilla

Etymology

From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ænˈsɪ.lə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

ancilla (plural ancillae)

  1. (rare) A maid.
  2. An auxiliary or accessory
  3. (computing) An ancilla bit
    The circuit uses a single ancilla for each stabilizer generator.

Related terms

  • ancillary

Anagrams

  • aclinal

Latin

Etymology

From ancula (“maid”) +‎ -lus (diminutive form).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈkil.la/, [äŋˈkɪlːʲä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈt͡ʃil.la/, [än̠ʲˈt͡ʃilːä]

Noun

ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension

  1. maid, slave-girl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ancillātus
  • ancula

References

  • “ancilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ancilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ancilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ancilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “ancilla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ancilla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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