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

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

HARDY,HYDRA,

4-letter words (4 found)

ADRY,DRAY,HARD,YARD,

3-letter words (15 found)

ARD,ARY,DAH,DAY,DRY,HAD,HAY,RAD,RAH,RAY,RHY,RYA,YAD,YAH,YAR,

2-letter words (7 found)

AD,AH,AR,AY,DA,HA,YA,

You can make 28 words from hydra according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hydra

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Definitions and meaning of hydra

hydra

Etymology

After the Hydra, from Greek mythology, which grew two new heads every time one of its heads was cut off. The first sense alludes to the budding method of asexual reproduction that the hydra practices, similar to growing new heads. The second sense refers to how the creature could not be killed by a swift, decisive solution (in contrast to a Gordian knot).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hī'drə, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdɹə/

Noun

hydra (plural hydras or hydrae or hydræ)

  1. Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
  2. (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
  3. A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.

Derived terms

  • brown hydra (Hydra oligactis)
  • freshwater hydra (Hydra vulgaris)
  • green hydra (Hydra viridissima)
  • microhydra (Craspedacusta)

Translations

References

  • “*hydra”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Hydra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Hydra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Hardy, hardy

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra). Doublet of vydra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɪdra]
  • Rhymes: -ɪdra
  • Hyphenation: hyd‧ra

Noun

hydra f

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, singular only) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
  2. something monstrous which is extremely difficult to fight with (often connected with organized crime)
  3. Hydra, a genus of hydrozoan in family Hydridae

Declension

Alternative forms

  • Hydra (serpent)

Synonyms

  • (genus Hydra): nezmar

Hypernyms

  • (genus Hydra): živočichové – regnum; žahavci – phylum; polypovci – class; nezmaři – order; nezmarovití – family

Hyponyms

  • (genus Hydra): nezmar hvězdnatý, nezmar obecný, nezmar opásaný, nezmar ostropouzdrý, nezmar podélník, nezmar štíhlý, nezmar zelený

Related terms

  • See hydro-

Further reading

  • hydra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hydra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

  • drahý
  • dráhy
  • hadry
  • hrady

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhy.dra/, [ˈhʏd̪rä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.dra/, [ˈiːd̪rä]

Noun

hydra f (genitive hydrae); first declension (masculine hydrus)

  1. A water-snake.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

  • Hydra
  • hydrus

References

  • “hydra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “hydra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[4]
  • “hydra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “hydra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hydra. Doublet of nutria and wydra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɨd.ra/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈxɨ.dra/
  • Rhymes: -ɨdra
  • Syllabification: hyd‧ra
  • Homophone: Hydra

Noun

hydra f

  1. hydra (any freshwater polyp from the genus Hydra)
    Synonym: stułbia
  2. (fantasy) hydra (dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed)
    Hypernym: stworzenie
  3. (figurative) evil that is difficult to eradicate
    Hypernym: zło

Declension

Further reading

  • hydra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hydra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org