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Is tentacle a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tentacle a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is tentacle a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

TENTACLE,

7-letter words (2 found)

CANTLET,LATENCE,

6-letter words (16 found)

CANTLE,CATTLE,CENTAL,CETANE,ELANCE,ELANET,ENLACE,LANCET,LATEEN,LATENT,LATTEN,NETTLE,TALENT,TECTAL,TELNET,TENACE,

5-letter words (21 found)

ANCLE,ANELE,CLEAN,CLEAT,CTENE,EATEN,ECLAT,ELATE,ELECT,ENACT,ENATE,ETTLE,LACET,LANCE,LATEN,LATTE,LEANT,TACET,TECTA,TELAE,TENET,

4-letter words (47 found)

ACNE,ALEC,ALEE,ANCE,ANTE,CANE,CANT,CATE,CELT,CENT,CETE,CLAN,CLAT,EALE,ELAN,ETAT,ETEN,ETNA,LACE,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAN,LEAT,LEET,LENT,NEAL,NEAT,NETE,NETT,TACE,TACT,TAEL,TALC,TALE,TANE,TATE,TEAL,TEAT,TEEL,TEEN,TELA,TELE,TELT,TENE,TENT,TETE,

3-letter words (38 found)

ACE,ACT,ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ATE,ATT,CAL,CAN,CAT,CEE,CEL,EAN,EAT,EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,ETA,LAC,LAT,LEA,LEE,LET,NAE,NAT,NEE,NET,TAE,TAN,TAT,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEL,TEN,TET,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AL,AN,AT,EA,EE,EL,EN,ET,LA,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 140 words from tentacle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tentacle

tentacle

Etymology

From New Latin tentāculum, from tentō. Doublet of tentaculum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛntəkəl/, /ˈtɛntɪkəl/

Noun

tentacle (plural tentacles)

  1. (zoology) An elongated, boneless, flexible organ or limb of some animals, such as the octopus and squid.
    • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Crystal Egg
      The body was small, but fitted with two bunches of prehensile organs, like long tentacles, immediately under the mouth.
    • 1936, H. P. Lovecraft, The Shadow Out of Time
      Surmounting this head were four slender grey stalks bearing flower-like appendages, whilst from its nether side dangled eight greenish antennae or tentacles.
  2. (botany) One of the glandular hairs on the leaves of certain insectivorous plants.
  3. (figurative) An insidious reach or influence.
  4. (figurative) Something like a zoological limb.
  5. (UK, military, historical) An officer employed to drive out to troops and transmit back requests for support via a special radio link.

Synonyms

  • tentaculum

Derived terms

  • tentaculiferous
  • tentacular

Translations

Verb

tentacle (third-person singular simple present tentacles, present participle tentacling, simple past and past participle tentacled)

  1. to move like a tentacle

Anagrams

  • ectental, electant

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [tənˈta.klə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [tenˈta.kle]

Noun

tentacle m (plural tentacles)

  1. tentacle

Related terms

  • tentacular

Further reading

  • “tentacle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “tentacle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “tentacle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “tentacle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Source: wiktionary.org