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Is scytale a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scytale is a Scrabble US word. The word scytale is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1C3Y4T1A1L1E1

Is scytale a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scytale is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1C3Y4T1A1L1E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

ACETYLS,SCYTALE,

6-letter words (11 found)

ACETYL,ASTELY,CASTLE,CETYLS,CLEATS,CYTASE,ECLATS,LACETS,LYSATE,SCLATE,SLATEY,

5-letter words (45 found)

ACYLS,ALECS,CASTE,CATES,CELTS,CESTA,CETYL,CLAES,CLAST,CLATS,CLAYS,CLEAT,CYTES,ECLAT,LACES,LACET,LACEY,LEAST,LEATS,LYASE,LYCEA,LYTES,SALET,SALTY,SCALE,SCALY,SCEAT,SETAL,SLATE,SLATY,STALE,STEAL,STELA,STYLE,TACES,TAELS,TALCS,TALCY,TALES,TEALS,TESLA,YALES,YATES,YEAST,YELTS,

4-letter words (79 found)

ACES,ACTS,ACYL,AESC,ALEC,ALES,ALTS,ATES,AYES,CALS,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CAYS,CEAS,CELS,CELT,CLAT,CLAY,CYST,CYTE,EAST,EASY,EATS,ELTS,ETAS,EYAS,LACE,LACS,LACY,LASE,LAST,LATE,LATS,LAYS,LEAS,LEAT,LEST,LETS,LEYS,LYES,LYSE,LYTE,SALE,SALT,SATE,SCAT,SCYE,SEAL,SEAT,SECT,SETA,SLAE,SLAT,SLAY,SLEY,STAY,STEY,STYE,SYCE,TACE,TAEL,TAES,TALC,TALE,TASE,TAYS,TEAL,TEAS,TECS,TELA,TELS,TYES,YALE,YATE,YEAS,YELT,YEST,

3-letter words (55 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALS,ALT,ATE,ATS,AYE,AYS,CAL,CAT,CAY,CEL,CLY,EAS,EAT,ELS,ELT,EST,ETA,LAC,LAS,LAT,LAY,LEA,LES,LET,LEY,LYE,SAC,SAE,SAL,SAT,SAY,SEA,SEC,SEL,SET,SEY,SLY,STY,SYE,TAE,TAS,TAY,TEA,TEC,TEL,TES,TYE,YAE,YAS,YEA,YES,YET,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AL,AS,AT,AY,EA,EL,ES,ET,LA,ST,TA,TE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 208 words from scytale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scytale

scytale

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “baton”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪtəliː/, /ˈskɪt-/

Noun

scytale (plural scytales)

  1. (historical) A cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written, used for cryptography in Ancient Greece.

Anagrams

  • acetyls

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκυτάλη (skutálē, “baton”).

Noun

scytalē f (genitive scytalēs); first declension

  1. a scytale (cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which a message is written)
  2. a type of snake

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

References

  • “scytale”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “scytale”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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