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Is anil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anil is a Scrabble US word. The word anil is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

A1N1I1L1

Is anil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word anil is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

A1N1I1L1

Is anil a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word anil is a Words With Friends word. The word anil is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1N2I1L2

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4-letter words (3 found)

ANIL,LAIN,NAIL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,AIN,ANI,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (7 found)

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

You can make 15 words from anil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of anil

anil

English

Etymology

From Middle French anil, Portuguese anil.

Noun

anil (countable and uncountable, plural anils)

  1. The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
  2. (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
  3. (organic chemistry) 1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.

Related terms

  • aniline

Descendants

  • → Irish: anail

Translations

Anagrams

  • I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, lain, nail

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نِيل (nīl) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: a‧nil

Noun

anil m (plural anis)

  1. indigo (color)
    Synonym: índigo

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Source: wiktionary.org