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Yes. The word languid is a Scrabble US word. The word languid is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word languid is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

LANGUID,LAUDING,

6-letter words (9 found)

AUDING,DUALIN,LADING,LIGAND,LINGUA,NILGAU,UNGILD,UNGLAD,UNLAID,

5-letter words (17 found)

ALGID,ALGIN,ALIGN,DUING,DULIA,GLAND,GUILD,INULA,LAUND,LIANG,LIGAN,LINGA,LUNGI,NIDAL,UGALI,ULNAD,UNLID,

4-letter words (41 found)

AGIN,AGLU,ANIL,AULD,DALI,DANG,DIAL,DING,DUAL,DUAN,DUNG,GADI,GAID,GAIN,GAUD,GAUN,GILA,GILD,GLAD,GLIA,GLID,GUAN,GUID,GULA,IGAD,IGLU,LAID,LAIN,LAND,LANG,LAUD,LIND,LING,LUNA,LUNG,NAIL,NGAI,UDAL,ULAN,ULNA,UNAI,

3-letter words (37 found)

AID,AIL,AIN,ALU,AND,ANI,DAG,DAL,DAN,DIG,DIN,DUG,DUI,DUN,GAD,GAL,GAN,GAU,GID,GIN,GNU,GUL,GUN,ING,LAD,LAG,LID,LIG,LIN,LUD,LUG,LUN,NAG,NID,NIL,NUG,UNI,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AG,AI,AL,AN,DA,DI,GI,GU,ID,IN,LA,LI,NA,NU,UG,UN,

You can make 123 words from languid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of languid

languid

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlæŋɡwɪd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlæŋɡwəd/
  • Hyphenation: lan‧guid

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French languide (“fatigued, weak; apathetic, indifferent”) (modern French languide), or from its etymon Latin languidus (“faint, weak; dull; slow, sluggish; ill, sick, unwell; (figuratively) inactive, inert, listless”), from langueō (“to be faint or weak; (figuratively) to be idle, inactive, or listless”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-, *(s)leh₁g- (“to weaken”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives). Doublet of languish.

Adjective

languid (comparative more languid, superlative most languid)

  1. Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
  2. Of a person or their movement: showing a dislike for physical effort; leisurely, unhurried.
  3. Of a person or their actions, character, etc.: lacking drive, emotion, or enthusiasm; apathetic, listless, spiritless, unenthusiastic.
  4. Of a colour: not bright; dull, muted.
  5. Of an idea, writing, etc.: dull, uninteresting.
  6. Of a period of time: characterized by lack of activity; pleasant and relaxed; unstressful.
  7. Of a thing: lacking energy, liveliness, or strength; inactive, slow-moving, weak.
Derived terms
  • languidly
  • languidness
Related terms
  • languish
  • languor
  • languorous
Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of languet.

Noun

languid (plural languids)

  1. Synonym of languet (“a flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ”)
    Synonym: (rare) language
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References

Further reading

  • fatigue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “languid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Gauldin, dualing, lauding

Source: wiktionary.org