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Is macchia a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word macchia is a Scrabble US word. The word macchia is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is macchia a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word macchia is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Yes. The word macchia is a Words With Friends word. The word macchia is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

MACCHIA,

6-letter words (2 found)

CAIMAC,CHACMA,

5-letter words (3 found)

ACMIC,CHICA,MACHI,

4-letter words (17 found)

ACAI,ACCA,AMAH,AMIA,CACA,CAMA,CAMI,CHAI,CHAM,CHIA,CHIC,MACA,MACH,MAHA,MICA,MICH,MIHA,

3-letter words (19 found)

AAH,ACH,AHA,AHI,AIA,AIM,AMA,AMI,CAA,CAM,CHA,CHI,HAM,HIC,HIM,ICH,MAA,MAC,MIC,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AH,AI,AM,CH,HA,HI,HM,MA,MI,

You can make 52 words from macchia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of macchia

macchia

Etymology

From Corsican machja, related to Italian macchia and French maquis; ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, macule, and maquis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæk.ɪa/

Noun

macchia (uncountable)

  1. A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.

Related terms

  • maquis

Translations

Further reading

  • maquis shrubland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmak.kja/
  • Rhymes: -akkja
  • Hyphenation: màc‧chia

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, a borrowing.

Noun

macchia f (plural macchie)

  1. stain, smear
  2. spot, fleck
  3. (figurative) blot, speck, disgrace
  4. (figurative, uncommon) defect, flaw
    Synonyms: difetto, neo
Derived terms
Related terms

Further reading

  • macchia1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

A semantic extension of the above.

Noun

macchia f (plural macchie)

  1. shrub, bush, brake
  2. macchia (shrubland biota)
  3. (by extension) generic name for plants commonly found in a macchia
Derived terms

Further reading

  • macchia2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

macchia

  1. inflection of macchiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • macachi

Source: wiktionary.org