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Is artery a Scrabble word?

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

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Is artery a Scrabble UK word?

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

A1R1T1E1R1Y4

Is artery a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word artery is a Words With Friends word. The word artery is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1R1T1E1R1Y3

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6-letter words (1 found)

ARTERY,

5-letter words (10 found)

ARRET,RATER,RETRY,TARRE,TARRY,TEARY,TERRA,TERRY,TRYER,YARER,

4-letter words (19 found)

AERY,ARET,ARTY,AYRE,EYRA,RARE,RATE,REAR,TARE,TEAR,TRAY,TREY,TRYE,TYER,TYRE,YARE,YARR,YATE,YEAR,

3-letter words (26 found)

ARE,ART,ARY,ATE,AYE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERR,ETA,RAT,RAY,RET,RYA,RYE,TAE,TAR,TAY,TEA,TRY,TYE,YAE,YAR,YEA,YER,YET,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AR,AT,AY,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from artery according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of artery

artery

Alternative forms

  • (blood vessel): arteria, (obsolete) artere, arture, artiue

Etymology

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, “windpipe; artery”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ärʹtəɹi
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təɹi

Noun

artery (plural arteries)

  1. (anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
    Hyponyms: alloartery, arteriole, endartery, microartery; see also Thesaurus:artery
  2. (transport) A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • arterially
  • arterio-, arteri-
  • arteriole

Translations

See also

  • aorta
  • A-road
  • atheroma
  • capillary
  • circulatory system
  • vein

References

  • “artery”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • rarety

Source: wiktionary.org