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Yes. The word halcyon is a Scrabble US word. The word halcyon is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word halcyon is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

HALCYON,

6-letter words (2 found)

LOCHAN,ONYCHA,

5-letter words (11 found)

ANCHO,CHOLA,COALY,CYANO,HALON,LANCH,LOACH,LOHAN,LYNCH,NACHO,ONLAY,

4-letter words (32 found)

ACHY,ACYL,AHOY,ALCO,CALO,CANY,CHAL,CHAO,CHAY,CHON,CLAN,CLAY,CLON,CLOY,COAL,COLA,COLY,CONY,CYAN,HALO,HOLY,HOYA,HYLA,LACY,LOAN,LOCA,LOCH,LYCH,NACH,NOAH,NYAH,ONLY,

3-letter words (30 found)

ACH,ANY,CAL,CAN,CAY,CHA,CLY,COL,CON,COY,HAN,HAO,HAY,HOA,HOC,HON,HOY,LAC,LAH,LAY,LOY,NAH,NAY,NOH,NOY,OCA,OCH,ONY,YAH,YON,

2-letter words (17 found)

AH,AL,AN,AY,CH,HA,HO,LA,LO,NA,NO,NY,OH,ON,OY,YA,YO,

You can make 93 words from halcyon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of halcyon

halcyon

Alternative forms

  • alcyon

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Alceoun, from Latin halcyōn, alcyōn (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhælsi.ən/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈhælʃən/, /ˈhælʃi.ən/

Noun

halcyon (plural halcyons)

  1. (poetic) A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
    1. The dead body of such a bird, said in Tudor times to act as a weather vane when hung from a beam.
  2. A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Translations

Adjective

halcyon (comparative more halcyon, superlative most halcyon)

  1. Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
  2. (figurative) Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
    Synonyms: at peace, blissful, calm, peaceful, prelapsarian, relaxed, serene; see also Thesaurus:quiet

Derived terms

  • halcyon days

Related terms

  • Alcyone

Translations

References

Latin

Alternative forms

  • alcyōn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhal.ky.oːn/, [ˈhäɫ̪kyoːn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.t͡ʃi.on/, [ˈäl̠ʲt͡ʃion]

Noun

halcyōn f (genitive halcyonis); third declension

  1. The halcyon; kingfisher.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (kingfisher, halcyon): alcēdō

Related terms

  • alcēdō
  • Alcyonē

Source: wiktionary.org