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Is pilula a Scrabble word?

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

P3I1L1U1L1A1

Is pilula a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3I1L1U1L1A1

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6-letter words (2 found)

PILLAU,PILULA,

5-letter words (2 found)

PILAU,PULLI,

4-letter words (11 found)

LIPA,PAIL,PALI,PALL,PAUL,PIAL,PILA,PILL,PULA,PULI,PULL,

3-letter words (12 found)

AIL,ALL,ALP,ALU,ILL,LAP,LIP,PAL,PIA,PIU,PLU,PUL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,LA,LI,PA,PI,UP,

You can make 34 words from pilula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pilula

pilula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from pila (“ball, globe”) +‎ -ula, said to be ultimately related to pilus (“hair”), since the balls used in Ancient Roman games were filled with hair.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.lu.la/, [ˈpɪɫ̪ʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.lu.la/, [ˈpiːlulä]

Noun

pilula f (genitive pilulae); first declension

  1. A small ball, globule; pellet.
  2. (medicine) A pill.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • (small ball, globule): globulus

Related terms

  • pilāris
  • pilārius
  • pilīcrepus

Descendants

References

  • “pilula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pilula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pilula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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