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Is pharynx a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pharynx is a Scrabble US word. The word pharynx is worth 22 points in Scrabble:

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Is pharynx a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pharynx is a Scrabble UK word and has 22 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PHARYNX,

5-letter words (3 found)

HARPY,HYRAX,PYRAN,

4-letter words (7 found)

HARN,HARP,NARY,NYAH,PRAY,XRAY,YARN,

3-letter words (27 found)

ANY,ARY,HAN,HAP,HAY,HYP,NAH,NAP,NAY,PAH,PAN,PAR,PAX,PAY,PRY,PYA,PYX,RAH,RAN,RAP,RAX,RAY,RHY,RYA,YAH,YAP,YAR,

2-letter words (10 found)

AH,AN,AR,AX,AY,HA,NA,NY,PA,YA,

You can make 48 words from pharynx according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pharynx

pharynx

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phárunx, “throat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɹɪŋks/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹ.ɪŋks/, /ˈfæɹ.ɪŋks/
  • Rhymes: -æɹɪŋks, -ɛəɹɪŋks

Noun

pharynx (plural pharynges or pharynxes)

  1. (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
    Meronyms: nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, velopharynx, glossopharynx
  2. (zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pharyngeal
  • pharyngo-, pharyng-

Translations

See also

  • larynx

References

  • “pharynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “pharynx”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “pharynx”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • “pharynx”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “pharynx”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ʁɛ̃ks/

Noun

pharynx m (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) pharynx

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phárunx, “throat, gullet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.rynks/, [ˈpʰärʏŋks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.rinks/, [ˈfäːriŋks]

Noun

pharynx f (genitive pharyngis); third declension (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) the pharynx

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • pharyngeus (adjective)

Related terms

  • pharyngeālis

Descendants

  • → English: pharynx

Source: wiktionary.org