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Yes. The word lychnis is a Scrabble US word. The word lychnis is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word lychnis is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

LYCHNIS,

5-letter words (8 found)

CHINS,HYLIC,LINCH,LYNCH,LYSIN,SHILY,SHINY,SYNCH,

4-letter words (19 found)

CHIN,CHIS,HINS,HISN,ICHS,INCH,INLY,LICH,LINS,LINY,LYCH,NILS,NISH,SHIN,SICH,SINH,SYLI,SYNC,YINS,

3-letter words (22 found)

CHI,CIS,CLY,HIC,HIN,HIS,ICH,ICY,INS,ISH,LIN,LIS,NIL,NIS,NYS,SHY,SIC,SIN,SLY,SNY,SYN,YIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,HI,IN,IS,LI,NY,SH,SI,

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

Definitions and meaning of lychnis

lychnis

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪknɪs/

Noun

lychnis (plural lychnises)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Lychnis of flowering plants.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek λυχνίς (lukhnís, “shining”).

Noun

lychnis f (genitive lychnidis); third declension

  1. a kind of rose
  2. a kind of precious stone
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Etymology 2

Noun

lychnīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of lychnus

References

  • “lychnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lychnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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