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Is cochlea a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cochlea is a Scrabble US word. The word cochlea is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is cochlea a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cochlea is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

COCHLEA,

6-letter words (1 found)

CLOCHE,

5-letter words (12 found)

CACHE,CECAL,CHACE,CHACO,CHELA,CHOLA,CLACH,COACH,HAOLE,LEACH,LOACH,LOCHE,

4-letter words (28 found)

ACHE,ALCO,ALEC,ALOE,CALO,CECA,CHAL,CHAO,CHOC,COAL,COCA,COCH,COLA,COLE,EACH,ECCO,ECHO,HALE,HALO,HEAL,HELO,HOLE,LACE,LECH,LOCA,LOCH,OCHE,OLEA,

3-letter words (21 found)

ACE,ACH,ALE,CAL,CEL,CHA,CHE,COL,ECH,ECO,HAE,HAO,HOA,HOC,HOE,LAC,LAH,LEA,OCA,OCH,OLE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AH,AL,CH,EA,EH,EL,HA,HE,HO,LA,LO,OE,OH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from cochlea according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cochlea

cochlea

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlea (“a snail”), from Ancient Greek κόχλιας (kókhlias, “a snail with a spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒk.li.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.kli.ə/, /ˈkɑk.li.ə/

Noun

cochlea (plural cochleae or cochleas)

  1. (anatomy) The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
  2. A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

Derived terms

  • cochlear

Translations

References

  • “cochlea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “cochlea”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • coclea, coclia, cochlia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlíās, “snail with a spiral shell”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kʰle.a/, [ˈkɔkʰɫ̪eä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kle.a/, [ˈkɔːkleä]

Noun

cochlea f (genitive cochleae); first declension

  1. snail
    in cochleam ― snail-shaped, in the shape of a spiral
    1. snailshell
  2. (metonymically)
    1. spiral (form of a snailshell)
    2. screw of a press
    3. Archimedes' screw, water screw, screw pump (machine for drawing water by raising it)
    4. A kind of revolving door.

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • coc(h)lear
  • coc(h)leārium
  • coc(h)leātim
  • coc(h)leātus

Descendants

References

  • “cochlea” on page 373 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

  • “cochlea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cochlea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cochlea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cochlea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cochlea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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