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Is facula a Scrabble word?

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

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Is facula a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4A1C3U1L1A1

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6-letter words (2 found)

FACULA,FAUCAL,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALFA,AULA,CALF,CAUF,CAUL,LAUF,

3-letter words (12 found)

AAL,ALA,ALF,ALU,AUA,AUF,CAA,CAF,CAL,FAA,FLU,LAC,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AL,FA,FU,LA,

You can make 25 words from facula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of facula

facula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfækjʊlə/

Noun

facula (plural faculae)

  1. (astronomy) A bright spot or patch between sunspots.

Translations

Anagrams

  • faucal

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from fax (“torch”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ku.la/, [ˈfäkʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ku.la/, [ˈfäːkulä]

Noun

facula f (genitive faculae); first declension

  1. small torch

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “facula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “facula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • facula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • facula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • facula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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