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Is virile a Scrabble word?

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

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Is virile a Scrabble UK word?

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

V4I1R1I1L1E1

Is virile a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

LIVIER,VIRILE,

5-letter words (5 found)

ERVIL,LIVER,LIVRE,RIVEL,VILER,

4-letter words (16 found)

EVIL,LEIR,LIER,LIRE,LIRI,LIVE,RIEL,RILE,RIVE,VEIL,VIER,VILE,VIRE,VIRL,VLEI,VRIL,

3-letter words (7 found)

IRE,LEI,LEV,LIE,REI,REV,VIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EL,ER,LI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from virile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of virile

virile

Etymology

Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) +‎ -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪɹ.əl/, /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɹəl, -aɪl

Adjective

virile (comparative more virile, superlative most virile)

  1. Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
  2. (physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
  3. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Antonyms

  • nonvirile
  • muliebrile
  • muliebral

Derived terms

Related terms

  • See virtue#Related_terms

Translations

Danish

Adjective

virile

  1. definite singular of viril
  2. plural of viril

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ʁil/

Adjective

virile

  1. feminine singular of viril

Italian

Etymology

From Latin virilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈri.le/
  • Rhymes: -ile
  • Hyphenation: vi‧rì‧le

Adjective

virile (plural virili)

  1. virile
    Synonym: maschile
    Antonym: femminile

Derived terms

  • virilità
  • virilmente

Anagrams

  • rilevi, riveli

Latin

Adjective

virīle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of virīlis

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

virile

  1. inflection of viril:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

virile

  1. inflection of viril:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Anagrams

  • livrei, livréi

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈrile/

Adjective

virile f pl or n pl

  1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of viril

Swedish

Adjective

virile

  1. definite natural masculine singular of viril

Source: wiktionary.org