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Is helix a Scrabble word?

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

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Is helix a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1L1I1X8

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Yes. The word helix is a Words With Friends word. The word helix is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

HELIX,

4-letter words (3 found)

ELHI,HEIL,ILEX,

3-letter words (5 found)

HEX,HIE,LEI,LEX,LIE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EH,EL,EX,HE,HI,LI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from helix according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of helix

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Definitions and meaning of helix

helix

Etymology

From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːlɪks/
  • Rhymes: -iːlɪks
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Noun

helix (plural helixes or helices)

  1. (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
  2. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
  3. (anatomy) The incurved rim of the external ear.
  4. An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.

Synonyms

  • (curve): spiral (not in technical use)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • helicopter

Translations

Verb

helix (third-person singular simple present helixes, present participle helixing, simple past and past participle helixed)

  1. To form or cause to form a helix.

Derived terms

See also

  • left-handed
  • right-handed
  • spiral

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.lɪks/
  • Hyphenation: he‧lix

Noun

helix f (plural helices or helixen)

  1. helix
    Synonym: schroeflijn

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhe.liks/, [ˈhɛlʲɪks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.liks/, [ˈɛːliks]

Noun

helix f (genitive helicis); third declension

  1. a kind of ivy
  2. a kind of willow
  3. a whorl, a small ornament on the capital of Corinthian columns

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “helix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • helix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hélix.

Noun

helix n (plural helixuri)

  1. helix

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org