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Is ceilidh a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ceilidh a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3E1I1L1I1D2H4

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7-letter words (1 found)

CEILIDH,

6-letter words (2 found)

CHIELD,CHILDE,

5-letter words (10 found)

CEILI,CHIDE,CHIEL,CHILD,CHILE,CHILI,CLIED,ELCHI,ICHED,LICHI,

4-letter words (25 found)

CEDI,CEIL,CHID,CIDE,CIEL,DEIL,DELI,DICE,DICH,DIEL,EILD,ELHI,HEID,HEIL,HELD,HIDE,HIED,HILD,HILI,ICED,IDLE,LECH,LICE,LICH,LIED,

3-letter words (20 found)

CEL,CHE,CHI,CID,DEI,DEL,DIE,ECH,EDH,ELD,HIC,HID,HIE,ICE,ICH,IDE,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,

2-letter words (10 found)

CH,DE,DI,ED,EH,EL,HE,HI,ID,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of ceilidh

ceilidh

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (“a pilgrimage; a social call, visit; a sojourn; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”) and Irish célidhe (archaic), céilí (“a social call, visit; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”), both from Old Irish célide (“social call, visit”), from céile (“companion, fellow; neighbour”) (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kēlyos (“companion; servant”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle”)) + -ide.

The plural form ceilidhean is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidhean.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • Singular:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪli/
    • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkeːli/
    • Rhymes: -eɪli
    • Hyphenation: ceil‧idh
  • Plural (ceilidhean):
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪliən/
    • (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkeːliən/
    • Hyphenation: ceil‧idh‧ean

Noun

ceilidh (plural ceilidhs or ceilidhean) (Ireland, Scotland, also attributive)

  2. An informal social gathering, especially one where traditional Irish or Scottish folk music is played, with dancing and storytelling.
  4. (dance) Short for ceilidh dance.

Alternative forms

  • céilidh, cèilidh, ceilidhe, céilidhe

Derived terms

  • ceilidh dance
  • ceilidher
  • ceilidh house

Translations

Verb

ceilidh (third-person singular simple present ceilidhs, present participle ceilidhing, simple past and past participle ceilidhed) (intransitive)

  1. To attend a ceilidh (noun sense 1).
  2. (dance) To dance a ceilidh dance.

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References

Further reading

  • cèilidh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • childie, helicid

Irish

Verb

ceilidh

  1. inflection of ceil:
    1. (archaic, Munster) second-person plural imperative
    2. (obsolete) third-person singular present indicative independent
    3. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative

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Source: wiktionary.org