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Is capillary a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word capillary is a Scrabble US word. The word capillary is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is capillary a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word capillary is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is capillary a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word capillary is a Words With Friends word. The word capillary is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CAPILLARY,

8-letter words (2 found)

APICALLY,RACIALLY,

7-letter words (2 found)

AIRPLAY,LYRICAL,

6-letter words (16 found)

APIARY,APICAL,CARPAL,LACILY,LAICAL,PALLIA,PARIAL,PARLAY,PICARA,PILLAR,PIRACY,PIRAYA,PLICAL,RACIAL,RACILY,RAILLY,

5-letter words (33 found)

ACARI,ALARY,ALIYA,ALLAY,CALLA,CALPA,CAPRI,CARAP,CARPI,CLARY,CRAAL,CRAPY,LAARI,LAIRY,LILAC,LYCRA,LYRIC,PALAY,PALLA,PALLY,PARLY,PICAL,PICRA,PILAR,PLAYA,PLICA,PRIAL,PRICY,PRILL,PYRAL,PYRIC,RALLY,RIYAL,

4-letter words (66 found)

ACAI,ACYL,AIRY,ALAP,ALAR,ALAY,ALLY,APAY,ARIA,ARIL,ARPA,ARYL,CALL,CALP,CAPA,CAPI,CARL,CARP,CILL,CIRL,CLAP,CLAY,CLIP,CRAP,CRAY,CRIA,CRIP,ILLY,LACY,LAIC,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LILY,LIPA,LIRA,LYRA,PAAL,PACA,PACY,PAIL,PAIR,PALI,PALL,PALY,PARA,PIAL,PICA,PILA,PILL,PILY,PIRL,PLAY,PRAY,PYIC,RACA,RACY,RAIA,RAIL,RAYA,RIAL,RICY,RILL,RYAL,YAAR,YILL,

3-letter words (42 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIR,ALA,ALL,ALP,ARC,ARY,CAA,CAL,CAP,CAR,CAY,CLY,CRY,ICY,ILL,LAC,LAP,LAR,LAY,LIP,PAC,PAL,PAR,PAY,PIA,PIC,PIR,PLY,PRY,PYA,RAI,RAP,RAY,RIA,RIP,RYA,YAP,YAR,YIP,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AI,AL,AR,AY,LA,LI,PA,PI,YA,

You can make 172 words from capillary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of capillary

capillary

Etymology

From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/, /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈpɪl.ə.ɹi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæpɪˌlɛɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪləɹi

Adjective

capillary (comparative more capillary, superlative most capillary)

  1. Of or pertaining to hair.
  2. Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
  3. Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.

Derived terms

Noun

capillary (plural capillaries)

  1. A narrow tube.
  2. (anatomy) Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (μm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels in the body: they convey blood between the arterioles and venules).

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See also

  • artery
  • circulatory system
  • vein

Further reading

  • “capillary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “capillary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org