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Is ligament a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ligament is a Scrabble US word. The word ligament is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is ligament a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ligament is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is ligament a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ligament is a Words With Friends word. The word ligament is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (3 found)

LIGAMENT,METALING,TEGMINAL,

7-letter words (15 found)

AILMENT,ALIMENT,ATINGLE,ELATING,GELATIN,GEMINAL,GENITAL,LEAMING,MALTING,MEALING,MELTING,MINTAGE,TAGLINE,TEAMING,TEGMINA,

6-letter words (47 found)

AIGLET,EALING,EATING,ENGILT,ENIGMA,ENTAIL,ETAMIN,GAMINE,GELANT,GELATI,GENIAL,GENTIL,GIMLET,INGATE,INMATE,LAMENT,LAMING,LEGMAN,LEMING,LIGATE,LINAGE,LINGAM,MAGNET,MALIGN,MALINE,MANGEL,MANGLE,MANTEL,MANTLE,MATING,MENIAL,MENTAL,METING,MILAGE,MINGLE,TAEING,TAGINE,TAIGLE,TAMEIN,TAMINE,TAMING,TANGIE,TANGLE,TEAING,TENAIL,TINEAL,TINGLE,

5-letter words (61 found)

AGENT,AGILE,AGLET,ALGIN,ALIEN,ALIGN,ALINE,AMENT,AMINE,ANGEL,ANGLE,ANILE,ANIME,ELAIN,ELINT,EMAIL,ENLIT,ENTIA,GAMIN,GENAL,GIANT,GILET,GIMEL,GLEAM,GLEAN,GLENT,GLIME,GLINT,IMAGE,INGLE,INLET,INTEL,LATEN,LEANT,LEGIT,LEMAN,LENTI,LIANE,LIANG,LIGAN,LIGNE,LIMAN,LIMEN,LINGA,MAILE,MANET,MANGE,MATIN,MEANT,MEINT,MENTA,METAL,MINAE,MINGE,NGATI,TAMIN,TANGI,TELIA,TENIA,TINEA,TINGE,

4-letter words (123 found)

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3-letter words (79 found)

AGE,AIL,AIM,AIN,AIT,ALE,ALT,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,ELM,ELT,ENG,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAM,GAN,GAT,GEL,GEM,GEN,GET,GIE,GIN,GIT,ING,ITA,LAG,LAM,LAT,LEA,LEG,LEI,LET,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIT,MAE,MAG,MAL,MAN,MAT,MEG,MEL,MEN,MET,MIG,MIL,MNA,NAE,NAG,NAM,NAT,NEG,NET,NIE,NIL,NIM,NIT,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAM,TAN,TEA,TEG,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (25 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AM,AN,AT,EA,EL,EM,EN,ET,GI,IN,IT,LA,LI,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 354 words from ligament according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ligament

ligament

Etymology

From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡəmənt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligaments)

  1. (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
  2. (figurative) That which binds or acts as a ligament.
    • 1845, Daniel Webster, oration on Justice Joseph Story
      Justice is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • sinew
  • tendon

Anagrams

  • tegminal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). Cf. also liement, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.ɡa.mɑ̃/

Noun

ligament m (plural ligaments)

  1. ligament

Related terms

  • lier

Further reading

  • “ligament”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • lygament

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈɡaːmɛnt/, /ˈliɡamɛnt/

Noun

ligament (plural ligamentes)

  1. A ligament or similar connecting tissue (e.g. a tendon)
  2. (rare) That which binds.

Descendants

  • English: ligament

References

  • “ligā̆ment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ligament, itself a borrowing from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”). By surface analysis, liga +‎ -ment. Compare legământ, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [li.ɡaˈment]

Noun

ligament n (plural ligamente)

  1. ligament

Declension


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