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Is celestial a Scrabble word?

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

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Is celestial a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word celestial is a Words With Friends word. The word celestial is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CELESTIAL,

8-letter words (1 found)

LEALTIES,

7-letter words (18 found)

ALLICES,ASTELIC,CAILLES,CALLEES,CALLETS,CELESTA,CELLIST,ELASTIC,LACIEST,LATICES,LEALEST,SALICET,SECTILE,SELECTA,SITELLA,TAILLES,TALLIES,TELLIES,

6-letter words (40 found)

ALLEES,ALLICE,ALLIES,ATELIC,CAILLE,CALLEE,CALLET,CASTLE,CELLAE,CITALS,CLEATS,ECLATS,EISELL,ELATES,ELECTS,ELITES,ILLEST,LACETS,LAESIE,LILACS,LISTEE,LISTEL,SALLEE,SALLET,SALTIE,SCILLA,SCLATE,SELECT,SELLAE,SIECLE,STEALE,STELAE,STELAI,STELIC,STELLA,TAILLE,TALLIS,TEASEL,TELIAL,TICALS,

5-letter words (101 found)

AISLE,ALECS,ALIST,ALLEE,ALLIS,CAESE,CALLS,CASTE,CATES,CEASE,CEILS,CELLA,CELLI,CELLS,CELTS,CESTA,CESTI,CETES,CIELS,CILLS,CITAL,CITES,CLAES,CLAST,CLATS,CLEAT,CLIES,CLITS,EALES,EASEL,EASLE,ECLAT,EISEL,ELATE,ELECT,ELITE,ESILE,ETICS,ICTAL,ILEAC,ILEAL,ISLET,ISTLE,LACES,LACET,LAICS,LEASE,LEAST,LEATS,LEETS,LILAC,LILTS,LISLE,LITAS,LITES,SAICE,SALET,SALIC,SALLE,SALTL,SCAIL,SCALE,SCALL,SCEAT,SELLA,SELLE,SETAE,SETAL,SLATE,SLEET,SLICE,STALE,STALL,STEAL,STEEL,STEIL,STELA,STELE,STELL,STILE,STILL,TACES,TAELS,TAILS,TALCS,TALES,TALLS,TEALS,TEASE,TEELS,TEILS,TELAE,TELES,TELIA,TELIC,TELLS,TESLA,TICAL,TICES,TILES,TILLS,

4-letter words (124 found)

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3-letter words (65 found)

ACE,ACT,AIL,AIS,AIT,ALE,ALL,ALS,ALT,ATE,ATS,CAL,CAT,CEE,CEL,CIS,CIT,EAS,EAT,EEL,ELL,ELS,ELT,EST,ETA,ICE,ILL,ITA,ITS,LAC,LAS,LAT,LEA,LEE,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIS,LIT,SAC,SAE,SAI,SAL,SAT,SEA,SEC,SEE,SEI,SEL,SET,SIC,SIT,TAE,TAI,TAS,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEL,TES,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AI,AL,AS,AT,EA,EE,EL,ES,ET,IS,IT,LA,LI,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 370 words from celestial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of celestial

celestial

Alternative forms

  • cælestial (archaic), cælestiall (obsolete), celestiall (obsolete), cœlestial (archaic, nonstandard)
  • Celestial (native of China)

Etymology

From Middle English celestial, from Old French celestial, from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis, from caelum (“sky, heaven”).

The meanings related to East Asia come from Celestial Empire, a former name of China.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈlɛs.t͡ʃəl/, /səˈlɛs.ti.əl/
  • Hyphenation: ce‧les‧tial

Adjective

celestial (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of heavenly: of or related to Heaven and the divine.
  3. Relating to the sky or outer space, regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.
  4. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the highest degree of glory.
  5. Extremely good, pleasant, or blissful; heavenly.

Synonyms

  • (Relating to the sky): heavenly; celest (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

celestial (plural celestials)

  1. An inhabitant of heaven.
  2. (obsolete, sometimes capitalized) A native of China.
  3. (obsolete, slang) by extension, an East Asian person.

References

  • “celestial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “celestial”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
  • Kingdoms of Glory on LDS.org.

Anagrams

  • cistellae

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais)

  1. celestial

Related terms

  • ceo

Old Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestialis, from Latin caelestis.

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestials)

  1. celestial

Related terms

  • cel

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese celestial, borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis (“celestial”), from Latin caelestis (“celestial”), from caelum (“sky”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ce‧les‧ti‧al

Adjective

celestial m or f (plural celestiais)

  1. (religion) heavenly (relating to heaven)
    Synonym: celeste

Coordinate terms

  • (heavenly): infernal, terreno

Related terms

  • celeste
  • céu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin caelestiālis, from Latin caelestis, based on caelum (“sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θelesˈtjal/ [θe.lesˈt̪jal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /selesˈtjal/ [se.lesˈt̪jal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ce‧les‧tial

Adjective

celestial m or f (masculine and feminine plural celestiales)

  1. celestial

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “celestial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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