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

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6-letter words (2 found)

PELOTA,POTALE,

5-letter words (11 found)

LEAPT,LEPTA,OLPAE,PALET,PELTA,PETAL,PLATE,PLEAT,PLOAT,POTAE,TEPAL,

4-letter words (36 found)

ALOE,ALTO,ATOP,LATE,LEAP,LEAT,LEPT,LOPE,LOTA,LOTE,OLEA,OLPE,OPAL,PALE,PATE,PEAL,PEAT,PELA,PELT,PLAT,PLEA,PLOT,POET,POLE,POLT,POTE,TAEL,TALE,TAPE,TEAL,TELA,TEPA,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,TOPE,

3-letter words (37 found)

ALE,ALP,ALT,APE,APO,APT,ATE,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEP,LET,LOP,LOT,OAT,OLE,OPA,OPE,OPT,PAL,PAT,PEA,PEL,PET,POA,POL,POT,TAE,TAO,TAP,TEA,TEL,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,LO,OE,OP,PA,PE,PO,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 103 words from pelota according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pelota

pelota

Etymology

Spanish pelota (“ball”). Doublet of pellet.

Noun

pelota (uncountable)

  1. Any of a variety of Spanish sports played against a wall.

Derived terms

  • Basque pelota

See also

  • pilota

Anagrams

  • alepot, patole, pot ale, potale

Esperanto

Adjective

pelota (accusative singular pelotan, plural pelotaj, accusative plural pelotajn)

  1. singular future passive participle of peli

Finnish

Verb

pelota

  1. inflection of pelottaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

  • lopeta, oletpa, peltoa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pelota

  1. third-person singular past historic of peloter

Galician

Etymology

From Old Occitan pelota or Old French pelote, from Latin pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈlɔta̝/

Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)

  1. ball
    Synonyms: balón, bóla
  2. butter pellet
  3. an abnormal growth in the legs of the cattle
  4. (figurative, vulgar, usually in the plural) testicle

References

  • “pelota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “pelota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “pelota” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “pelota” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pelota” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Occitan pelota (possibly via Spanish pelota), from Old French pelote, from Latin pila (“ball”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧lo‧ta

Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)

  1. a small ball or sphere
    Synonym: bola

Derived terms

  • em pelota

References

Spanish

Etymology

Via Old French and Occitan from Latin pila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈlota/ [peˈlo.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: pe‧lo‧ta

Noun

pelota f (plural pelotas)

  1. (sports) ball (a round or ellipsoidal object)
    Synonym: balón
    jugar a (lanzar) la pelota ― to go fetch
  2. (sports) ball game
  3. (figurative, vulgar, usually in the plural) testicle

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Noun

pelota m or f by sense (plural pelotas)

  1. people pleaser, toady
    Synonyms: (Spain) palmero, lameculos, lambeculos, (vulgar, derogatory) lambeculo

Further reading

  • “pelota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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