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Yes. The word decimal is a Scrabble US word. The word decimal is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is decimal a Scrabble UK word?

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7-letter words (6 found)

CAMELID,CLAIMED,DECIMAL,DECLAIM,MALICED,MEDICAL,

6-letter words (7 found)

CALMED,MACLED,MAELID,MAILED,MALEIC,MALICE,MEDIAL,

5-letter words (30 found)

AILED,AIMED,ALCID,AMICE,AMIDE,CADIE,CALID,CAMEL,CLADE,CLAIM,CLAME,CLIED,CLIME,DECAL,DEMIC,ELIAD,EMAIL,IDEAL,ILEAC,LACED,LAMED,LIMED,MACED,MACLE,MAILE,MALIC,MEDAL,MEDIA,MEDIC,MELIC,

4-letter words (65 found)

ACED,ACID,ACME,AIDE,ALEC,ALME,AMID,AMIE,CADE,CADI,CAID,CALM,CAME,CAMI,CEDI,CEIL,CIDE,CIEL,CLAD,CLAM,CLEM,DACE,DALE,DALI,DAME,DEAL,DEIL,DELI,DIAL,DICE,DIEL,DIME,ECAD,EILD,EMIC,ICED,IDEA,IDEM,IDLE,ILEA,LACE,LADE,LAIC,LAID,LAME,LEAD,LEAM,LICE,LIED,LIMA,LIME,MACE,MADE,MAID,MAIL,MALE,MALI,MEAD,MEAL,MELA,MELD,MICA,MICE,MILD,MILE,

3-letter words (40 found)

ACE,AID,AIL,AIM,ALE,AME,AMI,CAD,CAL,CAM,CEL,CID,DAE,DAL,DAM,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIM,ELD,ELM,ICE,IDE,LAC,LAD,LAM,LEA,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,MAC,MAD,MAE,MAL,MED,MEL,MIC,MID,MIL,

2-letter words (18 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AM,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,EM,ID,LA,LI,MA,ME,MI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 167 words from decimal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of decimal

decimal

Translingual

Etymology

From English decimal, as in decimal point.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeɪˈsiːˈmæl/

Noun

decimal

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.

References

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (ten) + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məɫ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛs.ɪ.məl/, /ˈdɛs.ə.məl/, /ˈdɛs.məl/

Adjective

decimal (not comparable)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

Synonyms

  • base-ten, denary (rare)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

decimal (countable and uncountable, plural decimals)

  1. (countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.
  2. (informal, uncountable) The decimal system itself.
  3. (informal) A decimal place.
  4. (informal) A decimal point.

Synonyms

  • (number): See decimal number
  • (system): See decimal system
  • (place): See decimal place

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "fractional number"): See fraction

Hyponyms

  • binary-coded decimal

Related terms

Translations

Verb

decimal (third-person singular simple present decimals, present participle decimaling or decimalling, simple past and past participle decimaled or decimalled)

  1. To represent with numbers after a decimal point.

Derived terms

See also

  • base
  • binary
  • octal
  • undecimal
  • duodecimal
  • hexadecimal
  • vigesimal
  • sexagesimal
  • transdecimal

References

  • decimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • camelid, claimed, declaim, maliced, medical

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.siˈmal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [de.siˈmal]

Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimals)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Further reading

  • “decimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Further reading

  • “decimal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /det͡ʃiˈmal/

Adjective

decimal

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal

Related terms

  • décim

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

decimal m or f (plural decimais)

  1. (arithmetic, computing) decimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)

Noun

decimal m (plural decimais)

  1. (countable) decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)

Further reading

  • “decimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French décimal.

Adjective

decimal m or n (feminine singular decimală, masculine plural decimali, feminine and neuter plural decimale)

  1. Alternative form of zecimal

Declension

Further reading

  • decimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deθiˈmal/ [d̪e.θiˈmal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /desiˈmal/ [d̪e.siˈmal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

decimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural decimales)

  1. decimal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Adjective

decimal

  1. decimal (using ten digits 0-9)

Declension

Related terms

  • decimalbråk
  • decimalkomma
  • decimalsystem

See also

  • binär
  • oktal
  • hexadecimal

Noun

decimal c

  1. a decimal place (digits expressing decimal fractions)

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org