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Is lingo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lingo is a Scrabble US word. The word lingo is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is lingo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lingo is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

LINGO,LOGIN,

4-letter words (7 found)

INGO,LING,LINO,LION,LOIN,LONG,NOIL,

3-letter words (11 found)

GIN,GIO,GON,ING,ION,LIG,LIN,LOG,NIL,NOG,OIL,

2-letter words (9 found)

GI,GO,IN,IO,LI,LO,NO,OI,ON,

You can make 29 words from lingo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lingo

lingo ilngo lnigo nligo inlgo nilgo ligno ilgno lgino glino iglno gilno lngio nlgio lgnio glnio nglio gnlio inglo niglo ignlo ginlo ngilo gnilo linog ilnog lniog nliog inlog nilog liong ilong loing oling iolng oilng lnoig nloig lonig olnig nolig onlig inolg niolg ionlg oinlg noilg onilg ligon ilgon lgion glion iglon gilon liogn ilogn loign olign iolgn oilgn lgoin gloin login olgin golin oglin igoln gioln iogln oigln goiln ogiln lngoi nlgoi lgnoi glnoi ngloi gnloi lnogi nlogi longi olngi nolgi onlgi lgoni gloni logni olgni golni oglni ngoli gnoli nogli ongli gonli ognli ingol nigol ignol ginol ngiol gniol inogl niogl iongl oingl noigl onigl igonl gionl iognl oignl goinl oginl ngoil gnoil nogil ongil gonil ognil

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lingo. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lingo.

Definitions and meaning of lingo

lingo

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈliŋ.ɡoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

lingo (countable and uncountable, plural lingos or lingoes)

  1. (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Ligon, Login, Loing, ligno-, log in, log-in, login, long i, longi

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧ngo
  • IPA(key): /liˈŋoʔ/, [l̪iˈŋoʔ]

Noun

lingô

  1. stiff neck

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lingō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognate with Old Armenian լիզեմ (lizem) and English lick.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ɡoː/, [ˈlʲɪŋɡoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.ɡo/, [ˈliŋɡo]

Verb

lingō (present infinitive lingere, perfect active līnxī, supine līnctum); third conjugation

  1. to lick (up)
    Synonym: lambō

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • cunnilingus
  • dēlingō
  • linctus

Descendants

  • Aromanian: alingu, alindziri, lingu
  • Friulian: lenzi
  • Romanian: linge, lingere
  • Sicilian: aḍḍiccari, alliccari, lìngiri
  • Sardinian: linghere

References

  • “lingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lingo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lingo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lingo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧ngo
  • IPA(key): /liˈŋo/, [lɪˈŋo]

Noun

lingó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜅᜓ)

  1. assassination; treacherous killing
    Synonym: pang-aasesino

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Source: wiktionary.org