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Is linguist a Scrabble word?

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

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Is linguist a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is linguist a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word linguist is a Words With Friends word. The word linguist is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

LINGUIST,

7-letter words (8 found)

LISTING,LUSTING,LUTINGS,SILTING,SINGULT,STILING,SUITING,TILINGS,

6-letter words (16 found)

GLINTS,GUILTS,INSTIL,INSULT,ISLING,LITING,LUNGIS,LUTING,NISGUL,SILING,SITING,SLUING,SUNLIT,TILING,ULITIS,UNGILT,

5-letter words (31 found)

GILTS,GIUST,GLINT,GLITS,GLUTS,GUILT,GUSLI,IGLUS,INTIL,INTIS,INUST,LINGS,LINTS,LUNGI,LUNGS,LUNTS,SIGIL,SLING,SLUIT,SLUNG,STING,STUNG,SUING,SUINT,TINGS,TULSI,TUNGS,UNITS,UNLIT,UNTIL,USING,

4-letter words (57 found)

GILT,GINS,GIST,GITS,GLIT,GLUT,GNUS,GULS,GUNS,GUST,GUTS,IGLU,INGS,INTI,ISIT,LIGS,LING,LINS,LINT,LIST,LITS,LITU,LUGS,LUIT,LUNG,LUNS,LUNT,LUST,NILS,NISI,NITS,NUGS,NUTS,SIGN,SILT,SING,SLIT,SLUG,SLUT,SNIG,SNIT,SNUG,STUN,SUIT,SUNG,SUNI,TIGS,TILS,TING,TINS,TUGS,TUIS,TUNG,TUNS,UNIS,UNIT,UTIS,

3-letter words (40 found)

GIN,GIS,GIT,GNU,GUL,GUN,GUS,GUT,ING,INS,ITS,LIG,LIN,LIS,LIT,LUG,LUN,NIL,NIS,NIT,NUG,NUS,NUT,SIG,SIN,SIT,SUG,SUI,SUN,TIG,TIL,TIN,TIS,TUG,TUI,TUN,UGS,UNI,UNS,UTS,

2-letter words (14 found)

GI,GU,IN,IS,IT,LI,NU,SI,ST,TI,UG,UN,US,UT,

You can make 167 words from linguist according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of linguist

linguist

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“language”) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/

Noun

linguist (plural linguists)

  1. One who studies linguistics.
  2. A person skilled in languages.
  3. A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.

Hypernyms

  • scholar
  • (student of languages): phonetician

Hyponyms

  • (student of languages): orthoepist, dialectician, dialectologist

Meronyms

  • phonologist
  • morphologist
  • syntactician
  • philologist

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • grammarian
  • lingua
  • linguaphile
  • multilingual
  • polyglot
  • prescriptivist

Further reading

  • “492. scholar” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “linguist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

Romanian

Noun

linguist m (plural linguiști, feminine equivalent linguistă)

  1. Alternative form of lingvist

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org