1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Macula in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does macula mean? Is macula a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is macula worth? macula how many points in Words With Friends? What does macula mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for macula

See how to calculate how many points for macula.

Is macula a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word macula is a Scrabble US word. The word macula is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

M3A1C3U1L1A1

Is macula a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word macula is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

M3A1C3U1L1A1

Is macula a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word macula is a Words With Friends word. The word macula is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4A1C4U2L2A1

Our tools

Valid words made from Macula

Jump to...

Results

6-letter words (1 found)

MACULA,

5-letter words (1 found)

ULAMA,

4-letter words (15 found)

ALMA,ALUM,AMLA,AULA,CALM,CAMA,CAUL,CAUM,CLAM,CULM,LAMA,LUMA,MACA,MALA,MAUL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AAL,ALA,ALU,AMA,AMU,AUA,CAA,CAL,CAM,CUM,LAC,LAM,LUM,MAA,MAC,MAL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AL,AM,LA,MA,MU,UM,

You can make 40 words from macula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of macula

macula

Etymology

From Middle English macula (“spot on the skin or in the eye”), borrowed from Latin macula (“spot, stain”). Doublet of macchia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmækjʊlə/

Noun

macula (plural maculas or maculae)

  1. (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
  2. (anatomy, biology) A small chamber of the inner ear of certain vertebrates filled with endolymph and containing an otolith.
  3. A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.
  4. A rather large spot or blotch of color.
  5. In planetary geology, an unusually dark area on the surface of a planet or moon.

Derived terms

  • lagenar macula

Related terms

  • (oval yellow spot near the center of the retina): macula lutea, macular

Translations

Further reading

  • macula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “macula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “macula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “macula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Catalan

Verb

macula

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

French

Pronunciation

Verb

macula

  1. third-person singular past historic of maculer

Italian

Alternative forms

  • macola

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin macula, whence also the inherited doublet macchia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.la/
  • Rhymes: -akula
  • Hyphenation: mà‧cu‧la

Noun

macula f (plural macule)

  1. (anatomy, astronomy, geology) macula
  2. stain, blot
  3. (pathology) macule blotch

Synonyms

  • (stain, blot): macchia

Related terms

  • maculopatia

Further reading

  • macula on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Anagrams

  • caluma, lumaca

Latin

Alternative forms

  • (Medieval Latin) macla

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *smatlom, from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (possibly meaning “wiping”); related to Ancient Greek σμάω (smáō, “I wipe clean, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

  • macula: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäkʊɫ̪ä]
  • macula: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäːkulä]
  • maculā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.laː/, [ˈmäkʊɫ̪äː]
  • maculā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.ku.la/, [ˈmäːkulä]

Noun

macula f (genitive maculae); first declension

  1. in a bad sense
    1. (literally and in general) a spot, speck, small mark or stain
      1. (literally and in particular) a disfiguring spot, stain, or blemish
        1. (on the skin) a blemish, temporary or permanent (for example, a bruise, freckle, mole, birthmark, etc.)
        2. (on a garment) a stain, an area of soiling or defilement
    2. (figuratively) a fault or blemish, a blot on one’s character
    3. (transferred sense) a mark of shame or disgrace; a stigma, brand, or blight
  2. in a neutral sense
    1. any kind of marking or point of variegation; a speckle, spot, patch, line, or similar
      1. on the skin or coat of an animal
      2. on the leaves of a plant
    2. (transferred sense) a mesh in a net, a cell in a network, or a hole in a web
      1. (Medieval Latin, in particular) a cell in a coat of mail, a ring of mail armour
      2. (Medieval Latin, transferred sense) a link in a chain

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • Macula (cognomen)
  • maculō
  • maculōsus
  • maculātūra

Descendants

Borrowings

References

  • “măcŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “macula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • macula 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)
  • măcŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 935/2.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “macula” on pages 1,058–1,059 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “macula, macla”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 624/1

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • macule

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin macula. Doublet of mayle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmakiu̯la/

Noun

macula (plural maculas)

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) A lesion on the eye or skin.

Descendants

  • English: macula

References

  • “macula, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.

Portuguese

Verb

macula

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maculare or French maculer.

Verb

a macula (third-person singular present maculează, past participle maculat) 1st conj.

  1. to mark, to spoil

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

macula

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

Source: wiktionary.org