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Is axilla a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word axilla is a Scrabble US word. The word axilla is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is axilla a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word axilla is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

AXILLA,

5-letter words (1 found)

AXIAL,

4-letter words (2 found)

AXAL,AXIL,

3-letter words (7 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,ALA,ALL,ILL,LAX,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AI,AL,AX,LA,LI,XI,

You can make 18 words from axilla according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of axilla

axilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin axilla (“side, armpit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ækˈsɪlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

axilla (plural axillas or axillae)

  1. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
  2. (botany, uncommon) Alternative form of axil

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ascella (Late and Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

Diminutive form of āla (“wing”) (from its earlier form *axla). Compare with similarly formed māla - maxilla.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aːkˈsil.la/, [äːkˈs̠ɪlːʲä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /akˈsil.la/, [äkˈsilːä]

Noun

āxilla f (genitive āxillae); first declension

  1. little wing
  2. axilla, armpit

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “axilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • axilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “axilla”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Source: wiktionary.org