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Yes. The word ypsilon is a Scrabble US word. The word ypsilon is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ypsilon is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

YPSILON,

6-letter words (2 found)

NOSILY,PYLONS,

5-letter words (26 found)

INSPO,LINOS,LIONS,LIPOS,LOINS,LYSIN,NOILS,NOILY,NOISY,OPSIN,PIONS,PIONY,PIOYS,PLOYS,POLIS,POLYS,PSION,PYINS,PYLON,SLOPY,SNIPY,SOILY,SONLY,SPINY,SPOIL,YONIS,

4-letter words (45 found)

INLY,IONS,LINO,LINS,LINY,LION,LIPO,LIPS,LISP,LOIN,LOPS,LOYS,NILS,NIPS,NOIL,NOSY,NOYS,OILS,OILY,ONLY,PILY,PINS,PINY,PION,PIOY,PISO,PLOY,POIS,POLS,POLY,PONS,PONY,POSY,PYIN,SILO,SLIP,SLOP,SNIP,SOIL,SOLI,SPIN,SYLI,YINS,YIPS,YONI,

3-letter words (42 found)

INS,ION,IOS,ISO,LIN,LIP,LIS,LOP,LOS,LOY,NIL,NIP,NIS,NOS,NOY,NYS,OIL,OIS,ONS,ONY,OPS,OYS,PIN,PIS,PLY,POI,POL,POS,PSI,SIN,SIP,SLY,SNY,SOL,SON,SOP,SOY,SPY,SYN,YIN,YIP,YON,

2-letter words (17 found)

IN,IO,IS,LI,LO,NO,NY,OI,ON,OP,OS,OY,PI,PO,SI,SO,YO,

You can make 133 words from ypsilon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ypsilon

ypsilon

Noun

ypsilon (plural ypsilons)

  1. Alternative form of upsilon

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) from ὖ (û) + ψιλός (psilós), “bare y”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪpsɪlon]

Noun

ypsilon m inan or n

  1. upsilon
  2. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.

Declension

when masculine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet

References

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón) from ὖ (û) + ψιλός (psilós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ypsilɔn/, [ˈyb̥silʌn]

Noun

ypsilon n (singular definite ypsilonet, plural indefinite ypsiloner)

  1. upsilon, Υ, υ (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Inflection

See also

  • ypsilon on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • upsilon (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪpsilɔn/, /ˈypsilɔn/, /ˈʏpsilɔn/
  • Hyphenation: yp‧si‧lon

Noun

ypsilon f (uncountable)

  1. upsilon
    Synonym: i-grec

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈypsilon/, [ˈyps̠ilo̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ypsilon
  • Syllabification(key): yp‧si‧lon

Noun

ypsilon

  1. upsilon (Greek letter)

Declension

Further reading

  • “ypsilon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.psi.lon/, (careful style) /ˈy.psi.lon/
  • Rhymes: -ipsilon, (careful style) -ilon
  • Hyphenation: ỳ‧psi‧lon

Noun

ypsilon m or f (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of ipsilon

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /yːpˈsiː.lon/, [yːpˈs̠iːɫ̪ɔn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈsi.lon/, [ipˈsiːlon]

Noun

ȳpsīlon f (indeclinable)

  1. A name of the letter Y.

Synonyms

  • (name of the letter Y): ī graeca, ȳ

Coordinate terms

  • (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

  • ypsilon in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately, from Ancient Greek ὖ ψιλόν (û psilón).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈipsiɫɔn/

Noun

ypsilon m inan (genitive singular ypsilonu, nominative plural ypsilony, genitive plural ypsilonov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Y.
  2. (Greek letter names) upsilon

Declension

Synonyms

  • (name of the letter Yy): tvrdé í

Derived terms

  • ypsilonový

References

  • “ypsilon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Source: wiktionary.org