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Is distal a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word distal is a Scrabble US word. The word distal is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is distal a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word distal is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2I1S1T1A1L1

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Yes. The word distal is a Words With Friends word. The word distal is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

DISTAL,DITALS,

5-letter words (14 found)

ADITS,ALIST,DALIS,DALTS,DIALS,DITAL,DITAS,LAIDS,LITAS,SLAID,STAID,TAILS,TIDAL,TSADI,

4-letter words (42 found)

ADIT,AIDS,AILS,AITS,ALIT,ALTS,DAIS,DALI,DALS,DALT,DIAL,DISA,DITA,DITS,ITAS,LADS,LAID,LAST,LATI,LATS,LIAS,LIDS,LIST,LITS,SADI,SAID,SAIL,SALT,SATI,SIAL,SIDA,SILD,SILT,SLAT,SLID,SLIT,TADS,TAIL,TAIS,TALI,TIDS,TILS,

3-letter words (32 found)

ADS,AID,AIL,AIS,AIT,ALS,ALT,ATS,DAL,DAS,DIS,DIT,IDS,ITA,ITS,LAD,LAS,LAT,LID,LIS,LIT,SAD,SAI,SAL,SAT,SIT,TAD,TAI,TAS,TID,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (16 found)

AD,AI,AL,AS,AT,DA,DI,ID,IS,IT,LA,LI,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 106 words from distal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of distal

distal

Etymology

distant +‎ -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.təl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstəl

Adjective

distal (comparative more distal, superlative most distal)

  1. (anatomy, geology) Remote from the point of attachment or origin.
    Antonym: proximal
  2. (dentistry) Facing the wisdom tooth or temporomandibular joint on the same side of the jaw.
  3. (linguistics) Far or farther from the speaker.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "remote from the point"): proximal
  • (antonym(s) of "dentistry"): mesial

Coordinate terms

  • (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,‎ distal,‎ dorsal,‎ lateral,‎ medial,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ ventral (Category: en:Medicine) [edit]
  • (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,‎ apical,‎ apicocoronal,‎ axial,‎ buccal,‎ buccoapical,‎ buccocervical,‎ buccogingival,‎ buccolabial,‎ buccolingual,‎ bucco-occlusal,‎ buccopalatal,‎ cervical,‎ coronal,‎ coronoapical,‎ distal,‎ distoapical,‎ distobuccal,‎ distocervical,‎ distocoronal,‎ distofacial,‎ distogingival,‎ distoincisal,‎ distolingual,‎ disto-occlusal,‎ distoclusal,‎ distocclusal,‎ distopalatal,‎ facial,‎ gingival,‎ incisal,‎ incisocervical,‎ inferior,‎ labial,‎ lingual,‎ linguobuccal,‎ linguo-occlusal,‎ mandibular,‎ maxillary,‎ mesial,‎ mesioapical,‎ mesiobuccal,‎ mesiocervical,‎ mesiocoronal,‎ mesiodistal,‎ mesiofacial,‎ mesioincisal,‎ mesiogingival,‎ mesiolingual,‎ mesio-occlusal,‎ mesioclusal,‎ mesiocclusal,‎ mesiopalatal,‎ occlusal,‎ palatal,‎ posterior,‎ proximal,‎ superior,‎ vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Dalits, datils, ditals, latids

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.tal/

Adjective

distal (feminine distale, masculine plural distaux, feminine plural distales)

  1. (anatomy) distal

Further reading

  • “distal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈtaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

distal (strong nominative masculine singular distaler, not comparable)

  1. distal

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tal

Adjective

distal m or f (plural distais)

  1. (anatomy, geology) distal (remote from the point of attachment or origin)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French distal.

Adjective

distal m or n (feminine singular distală, masculine plural distali, feminine and neuter plural distale)

  1. (anatomy) distal

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˈtal/ [d̪isˈt̪al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: dis‧tal

Adjective

distal m or f (masculine and feminine plural distales)

  1. (anatomy) distal

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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