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Is lecythus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lecythus is a Scrabble US word. The word lecythus is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is lecythus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lecythus is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Yes. The word lecythus is a Words With Friends word. The word lecythus is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

LECYTHUS,

7-letter words (1 found)

SLUTCHY,

6-letter words (20 found)

CETYLS,CHESTY,CHUTES,CHYLES,CULETS,CUSHTY,CUTELY,CUTESY,CUTEYS,ETHYLS,HUSTLE,LYCHES,LYTHES,SCHUYT,SCYTHE,SHELTY,SLEUTH,SLUTCH,THUSLY,TUSCHE,

5-letter words (42 found)

CELTS,CETYL,CHEST,CHUSE,CHUTE,CHUTS,CHYLE,CLUES,CLUEY,CULET,CULTS,CULTY,CUSHY,CUTES,CUTEY,CYTES,ETHYL,HULES,HYLES,LETCH,LEUCH,LUCES,LUSHY,LUSTY,LUTES,LYTES,LYTHE,SCHUL,SCUTE,SHULE,SHUTE,STYLE,SUETY,SYTHE,TECHS,TECHY,TEUCH,TULES,TUSHY,YECHS,YELTS,YULES,

4-letter words (70 found)

CELS,CELT,CHUT,CLUE,CUES,CULT,CUSH,CUTE,CUTS,CYST,CYTE,ECHT,ECUS,ELTS,ETCH,ETHS,HEST,HETS,HEYS,HUES,HULE,HUTS,HYES,HYLE,HYTE,LECH,LEST,LETS,LEYS,LUCE,LUES,LUSH,LUST,LUTE,LYCH,LYES,LYSE,LYTE,SCUL,SCUT,SCYE,SECH,SECT,SHET,SHUL,SHUT,SLEY,SLUE,SLUT,STEY,STYE,SUCH,SUET,SYCE,TECH,TECS,TELS,THEY,THUS,TULE,TUSH,TYES,UEYS,ULES,UTES,YECH,YELT,YEST,YUCH,YULE,

3-letter words (48 found)

CEL,CHE,CLY,CUE,CUT,ECH,ECU,EHS,ELS,ELT,EST,ETH,HES,HET,HEY,HUE,HUT,HYE,LES,LET,LEU,LEY,LYE,SEC,SEL,SET,SEY,SHE,SHY,SLY,STY,SUE,SYE,TEC,TEL,TES,THE,THY,TYE,UEY,ULE,USE,UTE,UTS,YEH,YES,YET,YUS,

2-letter words (14 found)

CH,EH,EL,ES,ET,HE,SH,ST,TE,UH,US,UT,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 197 words from lecythus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lecythus

lecythus

Noun

lecythus (plural lecythi)

  1. Alternative form of lekythos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.ky.tʰus/, [ˈɫ̪eːkʏt̪ʰʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.t͡ʃi.tus/, [ˈlɛːt͡ʃit̪us]

Noun

lēcythus m (genitive lēcythī); second declension

  1. flask, cruse (for oil)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Lecythis

References

  • “lecythus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lecythus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lecythus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lecythus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “lecythus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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