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Is spatula a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spatula is a Scrabble US word. The word spatula is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is spatula a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spatula is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

SPATULA,

6-letter words (3 found)

PAUSAL,TALPAS,TULPAS,

5-letter words (33 found)

ALAPS,ATAPS,ATLAS,ATUAS,AULAS,LATUS,PAALS,PALAS,PALSA,PASTA,PATUS,PAUAS,PAULS,PLAAS,PLAST,PLATS,PULAS,SALAT,SALPA,SALUT,SAULT,SPALT,SPAUL,SPLAT,SPUTA,STUPA,TAALS,TALAS,TALPA,TALUS,TAPAS,TAPUS,TULPA,

4-letter words (47 found)

AALS,ALAP,ALAS,ALPS,ALTS,ALUS,APTS,ATAP,ATUA,AUAS,AULA,LAPS,LAST,LATS,LATU,LUST,PAAL,PALS,PAST,PATS,PATU,PAUA,PAUL,PLAT,PLUS,PULA,PULS,PUTS,SALP,SALT,SAUL,SAUT,SLAP,SLAT,SLUT,SPAT,STAP,TAAL,TALA,TAPA,TAPS,TAPU,TAUS,TUPS,UPAS,UPTA,UTAS,

3-letter words (35 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALP,ALS,ALT,ALU,APT,ASP,ATS,AUA,LAP,LAS,LAT,PAL,PAS,PAT,PLU,PST,PUL,PUS,PUT,SAL,SAP,SAT,SAU,SPA,SUP,TAP,TAS,TAU,TUP,UPS,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AL,AS,AT,LA,PA,ST,TA,UP,US,UT,

You can make 130 words from spatula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spatula

spatula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspætjʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/

Noun

spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)

  1. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
    Synonyms: fish slice, fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, kitchen turner, cooking turner, flipper
  2. (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
    Synonyms: scraper, dough scraper
  3. (dated) A palette knife.
  4. (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
  5. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
  6. (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

spatula (third-person singular simple present spatulas, present participle spatulaing, simple past and past participle spatulaed)

  1. (transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula.
  2. (transitive) To strike with a spatula.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • spathula

Etymology

Diminutive from spatha (“broad, flat tool”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.tu.la/, [ˈs̠pät̪ʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.tu.la/, [ˈspäːt̪ulä]

Noun

spatula f (genitive spatulae); first declension

  1. a broad, flat piece.
    spatula porcina — "leg of pork".
  2. a little palm frond.
  3. (Late Latin) a scapula (shoulder blade).
  4. (Late Latin) a spoon or spatula (kitchenware).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • spatulātus, spathulātus

Related terms

  • spatha

Descendants

References

  • “spatula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spatula 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)
  • spatula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Noun

spatula

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of spatulă

Source: wiktionary.org