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Is lethal a Scrabble word?

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

L1E1T1H4A1L1

Is lethal a Scrabble UK word?

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

L1E1T1H4A1L1

Is lethal a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lethal is a Words With Friends word. The word lethal is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1T1H3A1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

LETHAL,

5-letter words (3 found)

ETHAL,LATHE,THALE,

4-letter words (20 found)

EATH,HAET,HALE,HALL,HALT,HATE,HEAL,HEAT,HELL,LATE,LATH,LEAL,LEAT,TAEL,TALE,TALL,TEAL,TELA,TELL,THAE,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALE,ALL,ALT,ATE,EAT,ELL,ELT,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAT,HET,LAH,LAT,LEA,LET,TAE,TEA,TEL,THE,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AH,AL,AT,EA,EH,EL,ET,HA,HE,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from lethal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lethal

lethal

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.θəl/
  • Rhymes: -iːθəl

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthālis, from lētum (“death”), improperly written as lēthum, from a supposed connection with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”).

Adjective

lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.
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Noun

lethal (plural lethals)

  1. Any weapon that causes death.
    Antonym: non-lethal
  2. (genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.

Noun

lethal (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
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Further reading

  • “lethal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “lethal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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