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Is sylph a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sylph is a Scrabble US word. The word sylph is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is sylph a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sylph is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is sylph a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

SYLPH,

4-letter words (2 found)

HYPS,SYPH,

3-letter words (5 found)

HYP,PLY,SHY,SLY,SPY,

2-letter words (1 found)

SH,

You can make 9 words from sylph according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sylph

sylph yslph slyph lsyph ylsph lysph syplh ysplh spylh psylh ypslh pyslh slpyh lspyh splyh pslyh lpsyh plsyh ylpsh lypsh yplsh pylsh lpysh plysh sylhp yslhp slyhp lsyhp ylshp lyshp syhlp yshlp shylp hsylp yhslp hyslp slhyp lshyp shlyp hslyp lhsyp hlsyp ylhsp lyhsp yhlsp hylsp lhysp hlysp syphl ysphl spyhl psyhl ypshl pyshl syhpl yshpl shypl hsypl yhspl hyspl sphyl pshyl shpyl hspyl phsyl hpsyl yphsl pyhsl yhpsl hypsl physl hpysl slphy lsphy splhy pslhy lpshy plshy slhpy lshpy shlpy hslpy lhspy hlspy sphly pshly shply hsply phsly hpsly lphsy plhsy lhpsy hlpsy phlsy hplsy ylphs lyphs yplhs pylhs lpyhs plyhs ylhps lyhps yhlps hylps lhyps hlyps yphls pyhls yhpls hypls phyls hpyls lphys plhys lhpys hlpys phlys hplys

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Definitions and meaning of sylph

sylph

Etymology

First attested in 1657. From New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”). Ultimately from the root silva (“woods, forest”). Related to sylvan.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪlf/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlf

Noun

sylph (plural sylphs)

  1. (mythology) An invisible being of the air.
    Synonym: sylphid
  2. The elemental being of air, usually female.
  3. (by extension) A slender woman or girl, usually graceful and sometimes with the implication of sublime station over everyday people.
  4. (ornithology) Any of the mainly dark green and blue hummingbirds (genus Aglaiocercus), the male of which has a long forked tail.

Related terms

  • sylvan (see for more terms)
  • savage
  • Silvanus

Translations

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Further reading

  • sylph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org