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Is antlia a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word antlia is a Scrabble US word. The word antlia is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

A1N1T1L1I1A1

Is antlia a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word antlia is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

A1N1T1L1I1A1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ANTLIA,LATINA,

5-letter words (4 found)

ALANT,LANAI,LIANA,NATAL,

4-letter words (21 found)

ALAN,ALIT,ANAL,ANIL,ANTA,ANTI,LAIN,LANA,LANT,LATI,LINT,NAIL,NALA,TAAL,TAIL,TAIN,TALA,TALI,TANA,TIAN,TINA,

3-letter words (21 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALA,ALT,ANA,ANI,ANT,ITA,LAT,LIN,LIT,NAT,NIL,NIT,TAI,TAN,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AI,AL,AN,AT,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 60 words from antlia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of antlia

antlia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antlia (“pump”), from Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía).

Noun

antlia (plural antliae)

  1. (zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects.

Anagrams

  • Latian, Latina, Natali, Talian, latina, talian

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντλία (antlía, “bilge-water, filth”), from ἀντλέω (antléō, “to bale out bilge-water, to bale the ship, to draw water”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈant.li.a/, [ˈän̪t̪lʲiä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈant.li.a/, [ˈän̪t̪liä]

Noun

antlia f (genitive antliae); first declension

  1. a foot-operated pump for drawing water
  2. (zoology) the body part of an insect used to suck up plant juices

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • “antlia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antlia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “antlia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “antlia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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