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Is tropical a Scrabble UK word?

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8-letter words (1 found)

TROPICAL,

7-letter words (12 found)

APRICOT,APROTIC,CALTROP,CAPITOL,CLIPART,COALPIT,OPTICAL,PAROTIC,PATRICO,PROCTAL,TOPICAL,TOPRAIL,

6-letter words (21 found)

AORTIC,ATOPIC,CAPTOR,CARLOT,CAROLI,CARTOP,CITOLA,CITRAL,COITAL,COPITA,CROTAL,LICTOR,LORICA,PATROL,PICARO,PLACIT,PORTAL,RIALTO,RICTAL,TAILOR,TROPIC,

5-letter words (57 found)

ACTOR,APIOL,APORT,ARIOT,ARTIC,ATRIP,CAPOT,CAPRI,CAROL,CARPI,CITAL,CLAPT,CLARO,CLART,CLIPT,COAPT,COATI,COPAL,COPRA,CORAL,CORIA,ICTAL,LIART,LIROT,LORIC,LOTIC,OCTAL,OPTIC,PAOLI,PAROL,PARTI,PATIO,PICAL,PICOT,PICRA,PILAO,PILAR,PILOT,PLAIT,PLICA,PLOAT,POLAR,PORAL,PORTA,PRIAL,RATIO,ROTAL,TAPIR,TAROC,TICAL,TOLAR,TOPIC,TORIC,TRAIL,TRIAC,TRIAL,TRIOL,

4-letter words (105 found)

ACRO,AIRT,ALCO,ALIT,ALTO,ARCO,ARIL,ARTI,ATOC,ATOP,CALO,CALP,CAPI,CAPO,CARL,CARP,CART,CIAO,CIRL,CITO,CLAP,CLAT,CLIP,CLIT,CLOP,CLOT,COAL,COAT,COIL,COIR,COIT,COLA,COLT,CRAP,CRIA,CRIP,CRIT,CROP,IOTA,LAIC,LAIR,LARI,LATI,LIAR,LIPA,LIPO,LIRA,LOCA,LOCI,LOIR,LOTA,LOTI,OCTA,OPAL,ORAL,ORCA,OTIC,PACO,PACT,PAIL,PAIR,PALI,PART,PIAL,PICA,PILA,PIRL,PITA,PLAT,PLOT,POLT,PORT,PRAO,PRAT,PROA,RAIL,RAIT,RAPT,RATO,RIAL,RIOT,RIPT,ROIL,ROTA,ROTI,ROTL,TACO,TAIL,TALC,TALI,TARO,TARP,TIAR,TIRL,TIRO,TOIL,TOLA,TOPI,TORA,TORC,TORI,TRAP,TRIO,TRIP,TROP,

3-letter words (69 found)

ACT,AIL,AIR,AIT,ALP,ALT,APO,APT,ARC,ART,CAL,CAP,CAR,CAT,CIT,COL,COP,COR,COT,ITA,LAC,LAP,LAR,LAT,LIP,LIT,LOP,LOR,LOT,OAR,OAT,OCA,OIL,OPA,OPT,ORA,ORC,ORT,PAC,PAL,PAR,PAT,PIA,PIC,PIR,PIT,POA,POI,POL,POT,PRO,RAI,RAP,RAT,RIA,RIP,RIT,ROC,ROT,TAI,TAO,TAP,TAR,TIC,TIL,TIP,TOC,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (18 found)

AI,AL,AR,AT,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,OI,OP,OR,PA,PI,PO,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 283 words from tropical according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tropical

tropical

Alternative forms

  • trop. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From tropic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
    • Rhymes: -ɒpɪkəl
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/
    • Rhymes: -ɑpɪkəl
  • ("characterized by tropes"):
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəl/
    • Rhymes: -əʊpɪkəl

Adjective

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

  1. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
  2. From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.
    tropical fruit    tropical weather
  3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
  4. (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

tropical (plural tropicals)

  1. A tropical plant.

Translations

References

Further reading

  • “tropical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “tropical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “tropical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • pictoral, proictal

Catalan

Etymology

From tròpic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [tɾu.piˈkal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [tɾo.piˈkal]

Adjective

tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicals)

  1. tropical

Further reading

  • “tropical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From tropique +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ.pi.kal/

Adjective

tropical (feminine tropicale, masculine plural tropicaux, feminine plural tropicales)

  1. (relational) of the tropics; tropical
    forêt tropicale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (figuratively) scorching
    Synonym: caniculaire

Descendants

  • → Romanian: tropical
  • → Turkish: tropikal

See also

  • équatorial

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

  1. tropical

Further reading

  • “tropical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trupiˈkal/

Adjective

tropical

  1. tropical

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

tropical m or f (plural tropicais)

  1. tropical (of or relating to the tropics)
  2. tropical (from or similar to a hod humid climate)

Further reading

  • “tropical” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tropical. By surface analysis, tropic +‎ -al.

Adjective

tropical m or n (feminine singular tropicală, masculine plural tropicali, feminine and neuter plural tropicale)

  1. tropical

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From trópico +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾopiˈkal/ [t̪ɾo.piˈkal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tro‧pi‧cal

Adjective

tropical m or f (masculine and feminine plural tropicales)

  1. tropical

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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