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

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

DERMAL,MARLED,MEDLAR,

5-letter words (13 found)

ALDER,ARLED,ARMED,DERMA,DREAM,LADER,LAMED,LAMER,MADRE,MAERL,MARLE,MEDAL,REALM,

4-letter words (35 found)

ALME,ARED,ARLE,DALE,DAME,DARE,DEAL,DEAR,DERM,DRAM,EARD,EARL,LADE,LAER,LAME,LARD,LARE,LEAD,LEAM,LEAR,MADE,MALE,MARD,MARE,MARL,MEAD,MEAL,MELA,MELD,MERL,RADE,RALE,READ,REAL,REAM,

3-letter words (29 found)

ALE,AME,ARD,ARE,ARM,DAE,DAL,DAM,DEL,EAR,ELD,ELM,ERA,ERM,LAD,LAM,LAR,LEA,LED,MAD,MAE,MAL,MAR,MED,MEL,RAD,RAM,RED,REM,

2-letter words (16 found)

AD,AE,AL,AM,AR,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,EM,ER,LA,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 97 words from medlar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of medlar

medlar

Etymology

Via Middle English medler, medeler, from Old French medler, meslier, from medle, mesdle (“medlar fruit”), from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Related to the rare mesple, via Proto-West Germanic *mespilā.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdlə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdlɚ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmedlɘ/

Noun

medlar (plural medlars)

  1. Mespilus germanica, common medlar (now often Crataegus germanica).
  2. Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.
  3. Any of several similar trees that bear similar fruit:
    1. Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens: family Rosaceae).
    2. Mediterranean medlar or azarole (Crataegus azarolus: family Rosaceae).
    3. Japanese medlar or loquat (Eriobotrya japonica: family Rosaceae).
    4. Spanish medlar or bulletwood (Mimusops elengi: family Sapotaceae).
    5. African medlar (Vangueria infausta: family Rubiaceae).
    6. Wolfberry, goji, red medlar (Lycium spp.).
  4. The fruit of such trees, similar to small apples:
    1. Especially that of Crataegus sect. Mespilus, not eaten until it has begun to decay, or more specifically, to blet.
      Synonym: open-arse
  5. (derogatory, intended sexually) A woman or a woman's genitalia (as the fruit's appearance resembles an "open-arse").

Derived terms

  • African medlar (Vangueria infausta)
  • common medlar (Mespilus germanica)
  • Dutch medlar (Mespilus germanica)
  • Japan medlar, Japanese medlar (loquat)
  • Mediterranean medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
  • Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus)
  • red medlar (Lycium spp.)
  • Savoy medlar (Amelanchier ovalis)
  • Spanish medlar (Mimusops elengi
  • Stern's medlar (Crataegus × canescens)
  • Welsh medlar (Crataegus azarolus)

Translations

References

  • “medlar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “medlar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Mespilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mespilus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Mespilus at Plants of the World Online
  • Crataegus at Plants of the World Online
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “medlar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Del Mar, Delmar, dermal, mardle, marled, merlad

Swedish

Verb

medlar

  1. present indicative of medla

Anagrams

  • armled

Source: wiktionary.org