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Yes. The word spiral is a Scrabble US word. The word spiral is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (2 found)

PRIALS,SPIRAL,

5-letter words (18 found)

ARILS,LAIRS,LAPIS,LARIS,LIARS,LIPAS,LIRAS,PAILS,PAIRS,PALIS,PARIS,PILAR,PIRLS,PRIAL,RAILS,RIALS,SPAIL,SPIAL,

4-letter words (42 found)

AILS,AIRS,ALPS,ARIL,ARIS,LAIR,LAPS,LARI,LARS,LIAR,LIAS,LIPA,LIPS,LIRA,LISP,PAIL,PAIR,PAIS,PALI,PALS,PARS,PIAL,PIAS,PILA,PIRL,PIRS,RAIL,RAIS,RAPS,RASP,RIAL,RIAS,RIPS,RISP,SAIL,SAIR,SALP,SARI,SIAL,SLAP,SLIP,SPAR,

3-letter words (32 found)

AIL,AIR,AIS,ALP,ALS,ARS,ASP,LAP,LAR,LAS,LIP,LIS,PAL,PAR,PAS,PIA,PIR,PIS,PSI,RAI,RAP,RAS,RIA,RIP,SAI,SAL,SAP,SAR,SIP,SIR,SPA,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

AI,AL,AR,AS,IS,LA,LI,PA,PI,SI,

You can make 104 words from spiral according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of spiral

spiral

Etymology

From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek σπείρα (speíra, “wreath, coil, twist”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɪɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəl

Noun

spiral (plural spirals)

  1. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
  2. (informal) A helix.
  3. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
  4. (rail transport) A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.

Translations

Adjective

spiral (not comparable)

  1. Helical, like a spiral.

Translations

Verb

spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)

  1. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
  2. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.

Translations

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Category:spirals on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Aprils, Plairs, prials

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

spiral c (singular definite spiralen, plural indefinite spiraler)

  1. spiral
  2. coil (contraceptive device)

Declension

Further reading

  • “spiral” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “spiral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spi.ʁal/

Adjective

spiral (feminine spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)

  1. spiral

Noun

spiral m (plural spiraux)

  1. spiral

Further reading

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈspiral/

Noun

spiral

  1. hip

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.

Noun

spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiraler, definite plural spiralene)

  1. a spiral, coil
  2. a coil (contraceptive device)

Derived terms

  • spiralfjær
  • spiraltrapp

References

  • “spiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.

Noun

spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiralar, definite plural spiralane)

  1. a spiral, coil
  2. a coil (contraceptive device)

Derived terms

  • spiraltrapp

References

  • “spiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spiral.

Adjective

spiral m or n (feminine singular spirală, masculine plural spirali, feminine and neuter plural spirale)

  1. spiral

Declension

Further reading

  • spiral in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

spiral c

  1. a spiral
  2. an intrauterine device, a coil (contraceptive device)

Declension

Derived terms

  • myggspiral (“mosquito repellent spiral”)
  • spiraltrappa (“spiral staircase”)

See also

  • dagen efter-piller (“morning-after pill”)
  • kondom (“condom”)
  • p-
  • p-piller (“oral contraceptive pill”)
  • preventivmedel (“contraceptive”)

References

  • spiral in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • spiral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • spiral in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • pilars, slipar

Source: wiktionary.org