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Is sessile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sessile is a Scrabble US word. The word sessile is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1E1S1S1I1L1E1

Is sessile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sessile is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1E1S1S1I1L1E1

Is sessile a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sessile is a Words With Friends word. The word sessile is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1S1S1I1L2E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

SESELIS,SESSILE,

6-letter words (6 found)

EISELS,ESILES,LESSES,LISSES,SEISES,SESELI,

5-letter words (11 found)

EISEL,ESILE,ESSES,ISLES,LESES,SEELS,SEILS,SEISE,SELES,SILES,SISES,

4-letter words (21 found)

EELS,ELSE,ESES,ESSE,ISLE,LEES,LEIS,LESS,LIES,SEEL,SEES,SEIL,SEIS,SELE,SELS,SESE,SESS,SIES,SILE,SISS,SLEE,

3-letter words (12 found)

EEL,ELS,ESS,LEE,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,SEE,SEI,SEL,SIS,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EL,ES,IS,LI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from sessile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sessile

sessile

Etymology

From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛsaɪl/, /ˈsɛsɪl/

Adjective

sessile (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.
  2. (botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Synonyms

  • (not free to move): attached, fixed, immobile

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "not free to move"): mobile, motile, vagile

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • lessies

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sessilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛs.si.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛssile
  • Hyphenation: sès‧si‧le

Adjective

sessile (plural sessili)

  1. (botany, zoology) sessile

Latin

Adjective

sessile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of sessilis

Source: wiktionary.org