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Is gingiva a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gingiva is a Scrabble US word. The word gingiva is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gingiva a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gingiva is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is gingiva a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gingiva is a Words With Friends word. The word gingiva is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GINGIVA,

6-letter words (1 found)

GIVING,

5-letter words (2 found)

AGING,VIGIA,

4-letter words (12 found)

AGIN,GAIN,GANG,GIGA,GING,INIA,NGAI,VAGI,VAIN,VANG,VIGA,VINA,

3-letter words (15 found)

AIN,ANI,GAG,GAN,GIG,GIN,IGG,ING,NAG,NAV,VAG,VAN,VIA,VIG,VIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AG,AI,AN,GI,IN,NA,

You can make 37 words from gingiva according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gingiva

gingiva

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gingiva (“gums”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvə/, /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒaɪvə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪvə

Noun

gingiva (plural gingivae)

  1. (anatomy) The gum, consisting of the tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth and covering the jawbone.

Derived terms

  • gingival
  • gingivitis

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare English chew, Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“eat”), Polish żuję (“I chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto ژول (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡinˈɡiː.u̯a/, [ɡɪŋˈɡiːu̯ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒinˈd͡ʒi.va/, [d͡ʒin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːvä]

Noun

gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “gingiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gingiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gingiva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org