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

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

D2E1L1P3H4I1N1

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7-letter words (1 found)

DELPHIN,

5-letter words (8 found)

DELPH,ELDIN,LEPID,LINED,PIEND,PILED,PINED,PLIED,

4-letter words (34 found)

DEIL,DELI,DENI,DIEL,DINE,EILD,ELHI,HEID,HEIL,HELD,HELP,HEND,HIDE,HIED,HILD,HIND,IDLE,LEND,LIED,LIEN,LIND,LINE,LIPE,NIDE,NIED,PEDI,PEIN,PEND,PENI,PIED,PILE,PINE,PLED,PLIE,

3-letter words (37 found)

DEI,DEL,DEN,DEP,DIE,DIN,DIP,EDH,ELD,END,HEN,HEP,HID,HIE,HIN,HIP,IDE,LED,LEI,LEP,LID,LIE,LIN,LIP,NED,NEP,NID,NIE,NIL,NIP,PED,PEH,PEL,PEN,PHI,PIE,PIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

DE,DI,ED,EH,EL,EN,HE,HI,ID,IN,LI,NE,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from delphin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delphin

delphin

Etymology

Latin delphinus (“a dolphin”) +‎ -in.

Noun

delphin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.

Synonyms

  • phocenin

Latin

Etymology

Unassimilated borrowing of Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín). See delphīnus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdel.pʰiːn/, [ˈd̪ɛɫ̪pʰiːn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdel.fin/, [ˈd̪ɛlfin]

Noun

delphīn m (genitive delphīnis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of delphīnus (“dolphin”)
  2. Delphinus the Dolphin (constellation)

Declension

Third-declension noun with irregular accusative singular and plural.

Genitive singular, dative singular and dative/ablative plural are not attested.

References

  • “delphinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • delphin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

delphin

  1. Alternative form of delphyn

Source: wiktionary.org