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Is melas a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word melas is a Scrabble US word. The word melas is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

M3E1L1A1S1

Is melas a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word melas is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

M3E1L1A1S1

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5-letter words (8 found)

ALMES,LAMES,LEAMS,MALES,MEALS,MELAS,MESAL,SAMEL,

4-letter words (24 found)

ALES,ALME,ALMS,AMES,ELMS,LAME,LAMS,LASE,LEAM,LEAS,MAES,MALE,MALS,MASE,MEAL,MELA,MELS,MESA,SALE,SAME,SEAL,SEAM,SLAE,SLAM,

3-letter words (22 found)

ALE,ALS,AME,EAS,ELM,ELS,EMS,LAM,LAS,LEA,LES,MAE,MAL,MAS,MEL,MES,SAE,SAL,SAM,SEA,SEL,SMA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AM,AS,EA,EL,EM,ES,LA,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 66 words from melas according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of melas

melas emlas mleas lmeas elmas lemas meals emals maels amels eamls aemls mlaes lmaes males amles lames almes elams leams ealms aelms laems alems melsa emlsa mlesa lmesa elmsa lemsa mesla emsla msela smela esmla semla mlsea lmsea mslea smlea lsmea slmea elsma lesma eslma selma lsema slema measl emasl maesl amesl eamsl aemsl mesal emsal mseal smeal esmal semal masel amsel msael smael asmel samel easml aesml esaml seaml aseml saeml mlase lmase malse amlse lamse almse mlsae lmsae mslae smlae lsmae slmae masle amsle msale smale asmle samle lasme alsme lsame slame aslme salme elasm leasm ealsm aelsm laesm alesm elsam lesam eslam selam lseam sleam easlm aeslm esalm sealm aselm saelm lasem alsem lsaem slaem aslem salem

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Definitions and meaning of melas

melas

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”).

Adjective

melas

  1. (taxonomy) dark (in colour), black

Usage notes

  • The original Greek has distinct masculine, feminine and neuter forms, but in taxonomy the same form is found modifying masculine, feminine and neuter genus names, and thus the form is best treated as an indeclinable adjective.

Derived terms

  • Myelaphus melas
  • Globicephala melas
  • Anopheles melas
  • Incagonum melas

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).

Noun

melas (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) Synonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
  2. (medicine, uncommon) Synonym of melasma.
Coordinate terms
  • (leprosy): alphos, leuce

Etymology 2

Noun

melas

  1. plural of mela

Anagrams

  • EMALS, Lemas, Males, Salem, Selma, Smale, Smeal, almes, amels, lames, lamés, leams, males, meals, mesal, semla

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“false, bad”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲæːɫas/

Noun

mẽlas m (plural melaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. lie

Declension

Synonyms

  • melagystė, netiesa

Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • meluoti

Related terms

(Nouns)

  • melagis m / melagė f

Portuguese

Verb

melas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of melar

Spanish

Noun

melas f pl

  1. plural of mela

Source: wiktionary.org