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Is iglu a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word iglu is a Scrabble US word. The word iglu is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is iglu a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word iglu is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Yes. The word iglu is a Words With Friends word. The word iglu is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

IGLU,

3-letter words (3 found)

GUL,LIG,LUG,

2-letter words (4 found)

GI,GU,LI,UG,

You can make 8 words from iglu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of iglu

iglu gilu ilgu ligu gliu lgiu igul giul iugl uigl guil ugil ilug liug iulg uilg luig ulig glui lgui guli ugli lugi ulgi

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Definitions and meaning of iglu

iglu

Noun

iglu (plural iglus or igluit)

  1. Archaic form of igloo.

Anagrams

  • ugli

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɡlu/, [i.ɣ̞lu]

Noun

iglu inan

  1. igloo

Declension

Further reading

  • "iglu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Finnish

Etymology

From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡlu/, [ˈiɡlu]
  • Rhymes: -iɡlu
  • Syllabification(key): ig‧lu

Noun

iglu

  1. igloo

Declension

Further reading

  • “iglu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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

Etymology

An internationalism via English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiɡlu]
  • Hyphenation: ig‧lu
  • Rhymes: -lu

Noun

iglu (plural igluk)

  1. igloo (a dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow)

Declension

References

Inuktitut

Noun

iglu (dual igluuk, plural iglut)

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)

Inupiaq

Noun

iglu (dual igluk, plural iglut)

  1. house (North Slope)
  2. beaver dam (Malimiut, Seward Peninsula)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English igloo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡ.lu/
  • Rhymes: -iɡlu
  • Syllabification: ig‧lu

Noun

iglu n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of igloo

Further reading

  • iglu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • iglu in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English igloo.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: i‧glu

Noun

iglu m (plural iglus)

  1. igloo (Inuit snow house)

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French iglou.

Noun

iglu n (plural igluuri)

  1. igloo

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo).

Noun

ȉglu m (Cyrillic spelling и̏глу)

  1. igloo (snow house)

Further reading

  • “iglu” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

iglu (Cyrillic spelling иглу)

  1. accusative singular of igla

Source: wiktionary.org