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

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

N1I1G2E1L1L1A1

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7-letter words (2 found)

GALLEIN,NIGELLA,

6-letter words (10 found)

ANELLI,EALING,GENIAL,LEGLAN,LEGLIN,LIENAL,LINAGE,LINEAL,LINGEL,LINGLE,

5-letter words (20 found)

AGILE,ALGIN,ALIEN,ALIGN,ALINE,ANGEL,ANGLE,ANILE,ELAIN,GENAL,GLEAN,GLIAL,ILEAL,INGLE,LEGAL,LIANE,LIANG,LIGAN,LIGNE,LINGA,

4-letter words (35 found)

AGEN,AGIN,AINE,ANIL,EGAL,EINA,ELAN,GAEN,GAIN,GALE,GALL,GANE,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GIEN,GILA,GILL,GLEI,GLEN,GLIA,ILEA,LAIN,LANE,LANG,LEAL,LEAN,LENG,LIEN,LINE,LING,NAIL,NEAL,NGAI,NILL,

3-letter words (31 found)

AGE,AIL,AIN,ALE,ALL,ANE,ANI,EAN,ELL,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GEL,GEN,GIE,GIN,ILL,ING,LAG,LEA,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,NAE,NAG,NEG,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,GI,IN,LA,LI,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 113 words from nigella according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nigella

nigella

Etymology

From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella. Doublet of nielle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naɪˈd͡ʒɛlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

nigella (countable and uncountable, plural nigellas)

  1. Any plant of the genus Nigella of about twelve species of annual flowering plants, the blooms of which are generally blue in colour but also found in shades of pink, white and pale purple.
  2. The seeds of the plant Nigella sativa, used as a culinary spice.

Synonyms

  • (flower): love-in-a-mist
  • (spice): black onion seed, onion seed, kalonji

Derived terms

  • nigelline
  • nigellone

Translations

Further reading

  • nigella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • nigella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:nigella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Gallien, Langlie, gallein, galline, liangle

Italian

Etymology

From Scientific Latin, from Late Latin nigella, from the feminine of Latin nigellus. Cf. also niello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: ni‧gèl‧la

Noun

nigella f (plural nigelle)

  1. nigella

Anagrams

  • agnelli, galline, gellani

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈɡel.la/, [nɪˈɡɛlːʲä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈd͡ʒel.la/, [niˈd͡ʒɛlːä]

Etymology 1

Substantivization of the feminine of nigellus (“blackish”). Attested ca. 400 CE.

Noun

nigella f (genitive nigellae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. Nigella sativa (plant)
Descendants

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Etymology 2

Adjective

nigella

  1. inflection of nigellus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

nigellā

  1. ablative feminine singular of nigellus

Source: wiktionary.org