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Yes. The word scintilla is a Scrabble US word. The word scintilla is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is scintilla a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scintilla is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

SCINTILLA,

8-letter words (1 found)

ALLICINS,

7-letter words (9 found)

ALLICIN,CATLINS,INCISAL,INSTALL,INSTILL,ITALICS,SALICIN,SINICAL,TINCALS,

6-letter words (21 found)

ACTINS,ANISIC,ANTICS,CASINI,CATLIN,CITALS,CLINAL,CLINTS,INSTAL,INSTIL,ISATIN,ITALIC,LILACS,LINACS,NASTIC,SCILLA,SIALIC,SILICA,TALLIS,TICALS,TINCAL,

5-letter words (57 found)

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4-letter words (79 found)

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3-letter words (47 found)

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2-letter words (15 found)

AI,AL,AN,AS,AT,IN,IS,IT,LA,LI,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 230 words from scintilla according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scintilla

scintilla

Etymology

Existing in English since the 17th century; borrowed from Latin scintilla (“spark”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /sɪnˈtɪlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

scintilla (plural scintillae or scintillas)

  1. A small spark or flash.
  2. (figuratively) A small or trace amount.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum

Related terms

  • scintilla juris
  • scintillate
  • scintillation
  • scintillator
  • shine
  • stencil
  • tinsel

Translations

References

Further reading

  • “scintilla”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “scintilla”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Scillitan

French

Verb

scintilla

  1. third-person singular past historic of scintiller

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ʃinˈtil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: scin‧tìl‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin scintilla.

Noun

scintilla f (plural scintille)

  1. spark

Etymology 2

Verb

scintilla

  1. inflection of scintillare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • scintilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ski-nto-, from *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to gleam, shine”), which is the source of English shine.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /skinˈtil.la/, [s̠kɪn̪ˈt̪ɪlːʲä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ʃinˈtil.la/, [ʃin̪ˈt̪ilːä]

Noun

scintilla f (genitive scintillae); first declension

  1. spark
    • 1st century AD, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt; Book VI, Chapter III
  2. glimmer

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • scintillō

Descendants

Further reading

  • “scintilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scintilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scintilla 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)

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