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Is sibilant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sibilant is a Scrabble US word. The word sibilant is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1I1B3I1L1A1N1T1

Is sibilant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sibilant is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1I1B3I1L1A1N1T1

Is sibilant a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sibilant is a Words With Friends word. The word sibilant is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1I1B4I1L2A1N2T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

SIBILANT,

7-letter words (3 found)

AIBLINS,BILIANS,STIBIAL,

6-letter words (14 found)

ABLINS,ALIBIS,BALTIS,BIALIS,BILIAN,BINITS,BLAINS,BLINIS,INSTAL,INSTIL,ISATIN,LIBANT,TIBIAL,TIBIAS,

5-letter words (47 found)

ABSIT,ALIBI,ALIST,ANILS,ANTIS,BAILS,BAITS,BALTI,BANTS,BASIL,BASIN,BASTI,BIALI,BINAL,BINIT,BINTS,BLAIN,BLAST,BLATS,BLINI,BLINS,BLIST,BLITS,INTIL,INTIS,LABIS,LANTS,LINTS,LITAI,LITAS,NABIS,NAILS,NATIS,SABIN,SAINT,SATIN,SLAIN,SLANT,SNAIL,STAIN,STILB,TABIS,TAILS,TAINS,TIANS,TIBIA,TINAS,

4-letter words (78 found)

AILS,AINS,AITS,ALBS,ALIT,ALTS,ANIL,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,BAIL,BAIT,BALS,BANI,BANS,BANT,BAST,BATS,BIAS,BINS,BINT,BIST,BITS,BLAT,BLIN,BLIT,IBIS,ILIA,INIA,INTI,ISBA,ISIT,ISNA,ITAS,LABS,LAIN,LANT,LAST,LATI,LATS,LIAS,LIBS,LINS,LINT,LIST,LITS,NABS,NAIL,NATS,NIBS,NILS,NISI,NITS,SAIL,SAIN,SALT,SANT,SATI,SIAL,SILT,SLAB,SLAT,SLIT,SNAB,SNIB,SNIT,STAB,TABI,TABS,TAIL,TAIN,TAIS,TALI,TANS,TIAN,TILS,TINA,TINS,

3-letter words (51 found)

ABS,AIL,AIN,AIS,AIT,ALB,ALS,ALT,ANI,ANS,ANT,ATS,BAL,BAN,BAS,BAT,BIN,BIS,BIT,INS,ITA,ITS,LAB,LAS,LAT,LIB,LIN,LIS,LIT,NAB,NAS,NAT,NIB,NIL,NIS,NIT,SAB,SAI,SAL,SAN,SAT,SIB,SIN,SIT,TAB,TAI,TAN,TAS,TIL,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (18 found)

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

You can make 212 words from sibilant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sibilant

sibilant

Etymology

From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“I hiss”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/

Adjective

sibilant (comparative more sibilant, superlative most sibilant)

  1. Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Derived terms

  • sibilant rhonchus
  • sibilantly

Translations

Noun

sibilant (plural sibilants)

  1. (phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
    Synonym: groove fricative
    Hypernym: fricative

Derived terms

  • shibilant

Translations

Related terms

  • sibilance
  • sibilancy
  • sibilate
  • sibilation

Anagrams

  • astilbin

Danish

Noun

sibilant

  1. (phonetics) sibilant

Declension

Synonyms

  • hvislelyd

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: si‧bi‧lant

Noun

sibilant c (plural sibilanten, diminutive sibilantje n)

  1. sibilant

Synonyms

  • sisklank

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.bi.lɑ̃/

Adjective

sibilant (feminine sibilante, masculine plural sibilants, feminine plural sibilantes)

  1. sibilant; hissing

Further reading

  • “sibilant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

sībilant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of sībilō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sibilant.

Adjective

sibilant m or n (feminine singular sibilantă, masculine plural sibilanți, feminine and neuter plural sibilante)

  1. sibilant

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sibǐlant/
  • Hyphenation: si‧bi‧lant

Noun

sibìlant m (Cyrillic spelling сибѝлант)

  1. (phonetics) sibilant
    Synonym: pȉskavac

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org