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Is noctua a Scrabble word?

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

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Is noctua a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

NOCTUA,TOUCAN,

5-letter words (7 found)

ACTON,CANTO,COTAN,COUNT,COUTA,OCTAN,TAUON,

4-letter words (16 found)

ATOC,AUNT,AUTO,CANT,COAT,CUNT,NOTA,NOUT,OCTA,OUTA,TACO,TOUN,TUAN,TUNA,UNCO,UNTO,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACT,ANT,CAN,CAT,CON,COT,CUT,NAT,NOT,NUT,OAT,OCA,OUT,TAN,TAO,TAU,TOC,TON,TUN,UTA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AN,AT,NA,NO,NU,ON,OU,TA,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 56 words from noctua according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of noctua

noctua

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of an otherwise-unattested *noctuus (“nocturnal”), from nox (“night”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnok.tu.a/, [ˈnɔkt̪uä]

Noun

noctua f (genitive noctuae); first declension

  1. owl (small)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • noctula

Descendants

  • Translingual: Noctua
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *noctuolus
    • Catalan: mussol
  • Spanish: lechuza

References

  • “noctua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “noctua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • noctua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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