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Is female a Scrabble word?

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

F4E1M3A1L1E1

Is female a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4E1M3A1L1E1

Is female a Words With Friends word?

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

F4E1M4A1L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

FEMALE,

5-letter words (4 found)

FEMAL,FLAME,FLEAM,FLEME,

4-letter words (18 found)

ALEE,ALEF,ALME,EALE,FAME,FEAL,FEEL,FEME,FLAM,FLEA,FLEE,LAME,LEAF,LEAM,LEME,MALE,MEAL,MELA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ALE,ALF,AME,EEL,ELF,ELM,EME,FAE,FEE,FEM,LAM,LEA,LEE,MAE,MAL,MEE,MEL,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AL,AM,EA,EE,EF,EL,EM,FA,FE,LA,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from female according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of female

female

Etymology

From Middle English female, an alteration of Middle English femele, from Old French femele, femelle (“female”), from Medieval Latin fēmella (“a female”), from Latin fēmella (“a girl, a young female, a young woman”), diminutive of fēmina (“a woman”). The English spelling and pronunciation were remodelled under the influence of male, which is otherwise not etymologically related. Contrast woman, which is etymologically built on man (as in person).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiː.meɪl/
  • Rhymes: -iːmeɪl

Adjective

female (not generally comparable, comparative femaler or more female, superlative femalest or most female)

  1. Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]
    female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:female.
  2. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)
    stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:female.
  3. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
    the female chromosome;   estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males
  4. (grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
  5. (of bacteria) Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
  6. (figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms

  • womanly, feminine
  • (figurative: of pipes, etc): socket

Coordinate terms

  • male; androgynous; intersex; non-binary
  • (grammar): see feminine

Derived terms

  • (see below)

Translations

Noun

female (plural females)

  1. One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
    1. A human of the feminine sex.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:female
      Hyponyms: girl, woman; see also Thesaurus:girl, Thesaurus:woman
    2. An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
    3. (botany) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
  2. A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
  3. A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.

Usage notes

Due to its inclusion of non-human animals, some find it dehumanizing to refer to female humans as "female(s)", especially in non-technical, informal contexts. Other have criticized it as being overly used for women compared to the use of "male(s)" for men. It is frequently used in police blotters, dispatches, reports, and legal, medical, or physiological documents to encompass girls and women.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • ♀ (symbol for female)
  • sex, gender, gender identity

References

Further reading

  • Michael Quinion (2004) “Female”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

Middle English

Adjective

female

  1. Alternative form of femele

Noun

female

  1. Alternative form of femele

Spanish

Verb

female

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of femar combined with le

Source: wiktionary.org