Gorilla in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is gorilla a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gorilla is a Scrabble US word. The word gorilla is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is gorilla a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gorilla is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

GORILLA,

6-letter words (3 found)

GLORIA,GOLLAR,RIGOLL,

5-letter words (14 found)

ALGOR,ARGIL,ARGOL,GLAIR,GLIAL,GORAL,GRAIL,GRILL,LARGO,LOGIA,LORAL,ORGIA,RIGOL,ROLAG,

4-letter words (29 found)

AGIO,AGRO,ARIL,GAIR,GALL,GAOL,GARI,GILA,GILL,GIRL,GIRO,GLIA,GOAL,GORA,GORI,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LILO,LIRA,LOIR,OLLA,ORAL,RAGI,RAIL,RIAL,RILL,ROIL,ROLL,

3-letter words (23 found)

AGO,AIL,AIR,ALL,GAL,GAR,GIO,GOA,GOR,ILL,LAG,LAR,LIG,LOG,LOR,OAR,OIL,ORA,ORG,RAG,RAI,RIA,RIG,

2-letter words (12 found)

AG,AI,AL,AR,GI,GO,IO,LA,LI,LO,OI,OR,

You can make 82 words from gorilla according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gorilla

gorilla

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/, (dated) /ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə
  • Homophone: guerrilla

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillas)

  1. The largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking.
  2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
  3. (informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Godzilla
  • Gorillai

Descendants

  • Japanese: ゴリラ (gorira)
  • Korean: 고릴라 (gorilla)
  • Thai: กอริลลา (gɔɔ-rin-lâa)

Translations

References

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gorilla or English gorilla.

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillatjie)

  1. gorilla, primate of the genus Gorilla.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Gorilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɣoːˈrɪ.laː/
  • Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la
  • Rhymes: -ɪlaː

Noun

gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)

  1. gorilla, primate of the genus Gorilla

Derived terms

  • berggorilla
  • laaglandgorilla

Finnish

Etymology

From English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈɡo̞rilːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orilːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): go‧ril‧la

Noun

gorilla

  1. gorilla

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • gorilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡorilːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillák)

  1. gorilla
  2. (figuratively) gorilla, muscleman, henchman

Declension

Further reading

  • gorilla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡoˈril.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: go‧rìl‧la

Noun

gorilla m (invariable)

  1. gorilla

Anagrams

  • Gallori

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, a tribe of hairy women).

Noun

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)

  1. a gorilla

References

  • “gorilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, a tribe of hairy women).

Noun

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)

  1. a gorilla

References

  • “gorilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

gorilla c

  1. gorilla

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

  1. gorilla

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