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Is tilapia a Scrabble word?

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

T1I1L1A1P3I1A1

Is tilapia a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1I1L1A1P3I1A1

Is tilapia a Words With Friends word?

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

T1I1L2A1P4I1A1

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7-letter words (1 found)

TILAPIA,

5-letter words (4 found)

AALII,LITAI,PLAIT,TALPA,

4-letter words (20 found)

ALAP,ALIT,ATAP,ILIA,LATI,LIPA,PAAL,PAIL,PALI,PIAL,PILA,PILI,PITA,PLAT,TAAL,TAIL,TALA,TALI,TAPA,TIPI,

3-letter words (21 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIT,ALA,ALP,ALT,APT,ITA,LAP,LAT,LIP,LIT,PAL,PAT,PIA,PIT,TAI,TAP,TIL,TIP,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AI,AL,AT,IT,LA,LI,PA,PI,TA,TI,

You can make 57 words from tilapia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tilapia

tilapia

Etymology

From translingual Tilapia, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”). The drag race slang usage is a reference to the comment by Gia Gunn on entering Ru Paul's Drag Race (season 6) "Just landed like fresh tilapia".

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /təˈlɑːpiə/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɪˈlɑːpiə/, /tɪˈlæpiə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːpiə, -æpiə

Noun

tilapia (plural tilapias or tilapia)

  1. Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.
    Synonym: St. Peter's fish
  2. (drag slang) A fishy (resembling a cisgender woman) drag queen; a drag queen who could pass for a woman, as opposed to one who is exaggeratedly feminine.

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈla.pja/
  • Rhymes: -apja
  • Syllabification: ti‧la‧pia

Noun

tilapia f

  1. tilapia

Declension

Further reading

  • tilapia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈlapja/ [t̪iˈla.pja]
  • Rhymes: -apja
  • Syllabification: ti‧la‧pia

Noun

tilapia f (plural tilapias)

  1. tilapia

Further reading

  • “tilapia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org