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Is dementia a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dementia a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is dementia a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dementia is a Words With Friends word. The word dementia is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

DEMENTIA,

7-letter words (7 found)

DEMAINE,DEMENTI,ENTAMED,ETAMINE,MATINEE,MEDIANT,MEDIATE,

6-letter words (35 found)

AEDINE,AIDMEN,AMENDE,AMENED,ANTEED,DAIMEN,DEMAIN,DEMEAN,DEMENT,DETAIN,EIDENT,EMETIN,ENDITE,ENTAME,ETAMIN,IDEATE,INMATE,ITEMED,MAIDEN,MAINED,MANTID,MEANED,MEANIE,MEATED,MEDIAE,MEDIAN,MEDINA,MEINED,MINTED,NIDATE,TAMEIN,TAMINE,TANDEM,TEAMED,TENIAE,

5-letter words (57 found)

ADEEM,ADMEN,ADMIN,ADMIT,AIMED,AINEE,AMEND,AMENE,AMENT,AMIDE,AMINE,ANIME,ANTED,DAINE,DAINT,DEMAN,DEMIT,DENET,DENIM,DIANE,DIENE,EANED,EATEN,EDEMA,EMEND,ENATE,ENEMA,ENTIA,IDANT,IDENT,MANDI,MANED,MANET,MATED,MATIN,MEANE,MEANT,MEDIA,MEINT,MENAD,MENED,MENTA,METED,MINAE,MINED,NAMED,TAMED,TAMIN,TEADE,TEAED,TEEND,TEIND,TEMED,TENIA,TIMED,TINEA,TINED,

4-letter words (91 found)

ADIT,AIDE,AINE,AMEN,AMID,AMIE,AMIN,ANTE,ANTI,DAME,DAMN,DANT,DATE,DEAN,DEEM,DEEN,DEET,DEME,DENE,DENI,DENT,DIET,DIME,DINE,DINT,DITA,DITE,EDIT,EIDE,EINA,EINE,EMIT,ETEN,ETNA,IDEA,IDEE,IDEM,ITEM,MADE,MAID,MAIN,MAND,MANE,MANI,MATE,MEAD,MEAN,MEAT,MEED,MEET,MEIN,MEND,MENE,MENT,META,METE,MIEN,MINA,MIND,MINE,MINT,MITE,NAME,NEAT,NEED,NEEM,NEMA,NETE,NIDE,NIED,NITE,TAED,TAIN,TAME,TANE,TEAD,TEAM,TEED,TEEM,TEEN,TEIN,TEME,TEND,TENE,TIAN,TIDE,TIED,TIME,TINA,TIND,TINE,

3-letter words (62 found)

AID,AIM,AIN,AIT,AME,AMI,AND,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,DAE,DAM,DAN,DEE,DEI,DEN,DIE,DIM,DIN,DIT,EAN,EAT,EEN,EME,END,ENE,ETA,IDE,ITA,MAD,MAE,MAN,MAT,MED,MEE,MEN,MET,MID,MNA,NAE,NAM,NAT,NED,NEE,NET,NID,NIE,NIM,NIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAN,TEA,TED,TEE,TEN,TID,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (26 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 280 words from dementia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dementia

dementia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

Noun

dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias or dementiae)

  1. (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
  2. Madness or insanity.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • amentia
  • demented
  • demential

Translations

See also

  • amentia
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • delirium

Anagrams

  • Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdement(ː)iɑ/, [ˈde̞me̞n̪(t̪)ˌt̪iɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): de‧men‧ti‧a

Noun

dementia

  1. dementia

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dementia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Latin

Etymology

From dēment- +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈmen.ti.a/, [d̪eːˈmɛn̪t̪iä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈmen.t͡si.a/, [d̪eˈmɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

dēmentia f (genitive dēmentiae); first declension

  1. madness, insanity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Adjective

dēmentia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of dēmēns

References

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

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