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Yes. The word arillus is a Scrabble US word. The word arillus is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word arillus is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

ARILLUS,

6-letter words (2 found)

URALIS,URIALS,

5-letter words (13 found)

ALLIS,ARILS,AURIS,LAIRS,LARIS,LIARS,LIRAS,RAILS,RIALS,RILLS,SURAL,URALI,URIAL,

4-letter words (30 found)

AILS,AIRS,ALLS,ALUS,ARIL,ARIS,ILLS,LAIR,LARI,LARS,LIAR,LIAS,LIRA,LURS,RAIL,RAIS,RIAL,RIAS,RILL,RUSA,SAIL,SAIR,SALL,SARI,SAUL,SIAL,SILL,SLUR,SURA,URSA,

3-letter words (23 found)

AIL,AIR,AIS,ALL,ALS,ALU,ARS,ILL,LAR,LAS,LIS,LUR,RAI,RAS,RIA,SAI,SAL,SAR,SAU,SIR,SRI,SUI,SUR,

2-letter words (10 found)

AI,AL,AR,AS,IS,LA,LI,SI,UR,US,

You can make 79 words from arillus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arillus

arillus

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin arillus. Doublet of aril, the adapted borrowing which has largely superseded it.

Noun

arillus (plural arilli)

  1. (botany) An aril.

Translations

Anagrams

  • lirulas

Latin

Alternative forms

  • arilla f

Etymology

Probably a writing mistake for *acillus, a diminutive of acinus, acina (“pip of a grape or pomegranate”), and from herbaries and pharmacopoeiae introduced into botanical jargon.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈril.lus/, [äˈrɪlːʲʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈril.lus/, [äˈrilːus]

Noun

arillus m (genitive arillī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) pip of a grape or pomegranate
  2. (New Latin) aril, a tissue surrounding a fruit-seed

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • Löwe, Gustav (1884) Glossae nominum (in German), Leipzig, page 119, who refers to his Prodromus Leipzig 1876 p. 431.

Source: wiktionary.org