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Is spica a Scrabble word?

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

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Is spica a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1P3I1C3A1

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Yes. The word spica is a Words With Friends word. The word spica is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

ASPIC,PICAS,SCAPI,SPICA,

4-letter words (10 found)

ASCI,CAPI,CAPS,PACS,PAIS,PIAS,PICA,PICS,SAIC,SPIC,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIS,ASP,CAP,CIS,PAC,PAS,PIA,PIC,PIS,PSI,SAC,SAI,SAP,SIC,SIP,SPA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AS,IS,PA,PI,SI,

You can make 36 words from spica according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spica

spica psica sipca ispca pisca ipsca spcia pscia scpia cspia pcsia cpsia sicpa iscpa scipa csipa icspa cispa picsa ipcsa pcisa cpisa icpsa cipsa spiac psiac sipac ispac pisac ipsac spaic psaic sapic aspic pasic apsic siapc isapc saipc asipc iaspc aispc piasc ipasc paisc apisc iapsc aipsc spcai pscai scpai cspai pcsai cpsai spaci psaci sapci aspci pasci apsci scapi csapi sacpi ascpi caspi acspi pcasi cpasi pacsi apcsi capsi acpsi sicap iscap sciap csiap icsap cisap siacp isacp saicp asicp iascp aiscp scaip csaip sacip ascip casip acsip icasp ciasp iacsp aicsp caisp acisp picas ipcas pcias cpias icpas cipas piacs ipacs paics apics iapcs aipcs pcais cpais pacis apcis capis acpis icaps ciaps iacps aicps caips acips

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Definitions and meaning of spica

spica

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spica.

Noun

spica (plural spicas or spicae)

  1. (botany) A spike.
  2. (ornithology) A spur.
  3. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.

Anagrams

  • APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: spì‧ca

Noun

spica f (plural spiche)

  1. (poetic, archaic) Alternative form of spiga; ear (of corn); spike
  2. (regional) lavender
    Synonym: lavanda

Anagrams

  • aspic, caspi, cispa, pasci, scapi

Latin

Alternative forms

  • spīcum
  • spīcus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *speikā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspiː.ka/, [ˈs̠piːkä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspi.ka/, [ˈspiːkä]

Noun

spīca f (genitive spīcae); first declension

  1. (of grain) A head, ear, spike

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • spīcilegium
  • spīcārium (Late Latin)

Descendants

References

  • “spica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spica 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)
  • spica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

  • pacis

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspʲit͡sa]

Adjective

spica

  1. feminine nominative singular of spicy

Participle

spica

  1. feminine nominative singular of spicy

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspika/
  • Hyphenation: spi‧ca

Noun

spica f (plural spichi)

  1. spike, ear
  2. grow, become mature

Derived terms

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Source: wiktionary.org