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Is pillar a Scrabble word?

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

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Is pillar a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

PILLAR,

5-letter words (3 found)

PILAR,PRIAL,PRILL,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARIL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIPA,LIRA,PAIL,PAIR,PALI,PALL,PIAL,PILA,PILL,PIRL,RAIL,RIAL,RILL,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIL,AIR,ALL,ALP,ILL,LAP,LAR,LIP,PAL,PAR,PIA,PIR,RAI,RAP,RIA,RIP,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,PA,PI,

You can make 44 words from pillar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pillar

pillar

Etymology

From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (a pillar), from Latin pila (a pillar, pier, mole).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɪlɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɪlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: pil‧lar

Noun

pillar (plural pillars)

  1. (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
  2. Something resembling such a structure.
  3. (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
  4. (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
  5. The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
  6. (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
  7. (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.

Synonyms

  • column, sile

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pillar (third-person singular simple present pillars, present participle pillaring, simple past and past participle pillared)

  1. To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.

See also

  • caterpillar

Further reading

  • “pillar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “pillar”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “pillar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “pillar”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

  • Aprill

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French piller. The sense of "grab" is from Italian pigliare, either via direct borrowing or through the mediation of Spanish pillar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [piˈʎaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

pillar (first-person singular present pillo, first-person singular preterite pillí, past participle pillat)

  1. (transitive) to pillage, plunder, loot
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to snatch, grab
    Synonyms: agafar, prendre

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • pillada
  • pillatge

Related terms

  • pillard

Further reading

  • “pillar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “pillar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Noun

pillar m (plural pillares)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pilar

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian pigliare or French piller. Compare also Portuguese pilhar and English pillage.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pi‧llar

Verb

pillar (first-person singular present pillo, first-person singular preterite pillé, past participle pillado)

  1. to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
  2. to pilfer, steal
  3. (games) to tag
  4. (colloquial) to get (a joke)
  5. (colloquial) to catch, to catch up to
  6. (colloquial) to catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal)
    Synonyms: atrapar, sorprender
  7. (colloquial) to come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness)
  8. (colloquial) to pick up on, to take (e.g. information, a hint)
  9. (Spain, colloquial) to score (e.g. drugs)
  10. (colloquial, reflexive) to jam (your finger)
  11. (colloquial, reflexive) to fall in love, to crush on someone

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See also

  • agarrar
  • asir

Further reading

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

Swedish

Verb

pillar

  1. present indicative of pilla

Anagrams

  • prilla

Source: wiktionary.org