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

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6-letter words (1 found)

NUBILE,

4-letter words (13 found)

BEIN,BENI,BIEN,BILE,BINE,BLIN,BLUE,LIEN,LIEU,LINE,LUBE,LUNE,UNBE,

3-letter words (17 found)

BEL,BEN,BIN,BUN,LEI,LEU,LIB,LIE,LIN,LUN,NEB,NIB,NIE,NIL,NUB,ULE,UNI,

2-letter words (9 found)

BE,BI,EL,EN,IN,LI,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of nubile

nubile

Etymology

From French nubile, from Latin nūbilis (“marriageable”), from nūbō (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnubaɪl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːbaɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl

Adjective

nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)

  1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]
    Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable
  2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
    Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy

Usage notes

For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.

Derived terms

  • nubility

Related terms

  • connubial
  • nuptial, nuptials

Translations

Noun

nubile (plural nubiles)

  1. A young sexually attractive woman.

Anagrams

  • beluin, unible

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nūbilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ny.bil/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubiles)

  1. nubile
    Near-synonym: pubère

Further reading

  • “nubile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nūbilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnu.bi.le/
  • Rhymes: -ubile
  • Hyphenation: nù‧bi‧le

Adjective

nubile (plural nubili)

  1. unmarried

Noun

nubile f (plural nubili)

  1. unmarried woman
  2. spinster

Related terms

  • nubilato

See also

  • celibe

Latin

Adjective

nūbile

  1. vocative masculine singular of nūbilus

Source: wiktionary.org