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Is caltha a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word caltha is a Scrabble US word. The word caltha is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3A1L1T1H4A1

Is caltha a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word caltha is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3A1L1T1H4A1

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6-letter words (1 found)

CALTHA,

5-letter words (2 found)

LATAH,LATCH,

4-letter words (11 found)

ACTA,CHAL,CHAT,CLAT,HALT,LATH,TAAL,TACH,TAHA,TALA,TALC,

3-letter words (15 found)

AAH,AAL,ACH,ACT,AHA,ALA,ALT,CAA,CAL,CAT,CHA,HAT,LAC,LAH,LAT,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AH,AL,AT,CH,HA,LA,TA,

You can make 37 words from caltha according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caltha

caltha

Etymology

From the genus name (Latin caltha).

Noun

caltha (plural calthas)

  1. (botany) A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.

Anagrams

  • Cathal

Latin

Alternative forms

  • calthum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos), καλθε (kalthe, “yellow flower”), later “goblet” (because of its shape), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”).

Noun

caltha f (genitive calthae); first declension

  1. marigold

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Eastern Romance:
    • Romanian: calce (uncertain but likely)
  • Italian: calta
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: calta
  • → French: caltha
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *calthinus
    • → Albanian: kaltër, kaltë, kaltën, kaltërt

References

  • “caltha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caltha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caltha in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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