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Yes. The word nepeta is a Scrabble US word. The word nepeta is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word nepeta is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

N1E1P3E1T1A1

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6-letter words (1 found)

NEPETA,

5-letter words (5 found)

EATEN,ENATE,ETAPE,PATEN,TAPEN,

4-letter words (21 found)

ANTE,ETEN,ETNA,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,NEEP,NETE,PANE,PANT,PATE,PEAN,PEAT,PEEN,PENE,PENT,TANE,TAPE,TEEN,TENE,TEPA,

3-letter words (28 found)

ANE,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,EAN,EAT,EEN,ENE,ETA,NAE,NAP,NAT,NEE,NEP,NET,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEE,PEN,PET,TAE,TAN,TAP,TEA,TEE,TEN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AT,EA,EE,EN,ET,NA,NE,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from nepeta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nepeta

nepeta

Etymology

From Nepeta (“nepeta”).

Noun

nepeta (plural nepetas)

  1. (botany) Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.
    • 1997 October 13, New York: Interior Design ′97, page 79,
      NICE DIGS: Tomato tepees, nepeta, strawberries, and herbs in raised beds billow onto the gravel walk; a neat lattice camouflages a propane tank.
    • 2006 Spring, Early Homes, page 42,
      The property is now protected by deer fencing, but Nancy spent many years experimenting with plants that are deer resistant, such as lavender, nepeta (catmint), and peonies.
    • 2007 May-June, Old House Interiors, page 103,
      TOP. Mirror-image borders in Hampshire, with purple nepeta, carmine-red geraniums, and yellow thalictrum.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Penate

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, but related to Ancient Greek νέπιτα (népita), νέπετος (népetos) of the same meaning. Possibly from the name of the city of Nepi in Italy, called Nepete in Roman times, from Etruscan 𐌍𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌄 (nepete); but the derivation is unusual. More likely from Ancient Greek *νεπετα (*nepeta), an unattested variant of the aforementioned terms, ultimately of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pe.ta/, [ˈnɛpɛt̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pe.ta/, [ˈnɛːpet̪ä]

Noun

nepeta f (genitive nepetae); first declension

  1. catnip

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org