5 Letter Words Ending in A

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abaca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
abada Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. The rhinoceros.
abaka Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. The Manila hemp plant (Musa textilis) or its fiber.
abama Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A type of grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) used as fodder.
abaya Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women
abila Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
aboma Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
abuja Scrabble 14 · WWF 18
n.. capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
abuna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
abura Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A type of Japanese oil, especially used in cooking or lamp fuel.
abuta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A tropical vine of the genus Abuta, used in traditional medicine.
abyla Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
acana Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A genus of plants in the family Cunoniaceae, native to New Caledonia.
acara Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. Any of various freshwater cichlid fish of the genus Aequidens or related genera, native to South America.
accra Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
acoma Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A genus of plants in the family Asteraceae; also a Native American pueblo.
acroa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
adana Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River
adapa Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)
adela Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A female given name from Germanic languages.
adoxa Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
noun. A genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae, including the moschatel.
adyta Scrabble 9 · WWF 8
pl.. of Adytum
aevia Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A genus of small marine gastropod mollusks.
afara Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A tropical African tree (Terminalia superba) valued for its light, pale wood.
agama Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
agata Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A type of agate or a variety of chalcedony.
agena Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
agora Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.
agria Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
agura Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A sitting posture in yoga with legs crossed, often used for meditation.
ahura Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities
ajaia Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. a genus of Platalea
ajaja Scrabble 19 · WWF 23
noun. A genus of birds including the roseate spoonbill; also, the bird itself.
ajava Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
noun. A genus of plants in the family Apiaceae, including ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi).
ajiva Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
noun. In Jainism, the non-living or inanimate substance, as opposed to jiva.
ajuga Scrabble 13 · WWF 17
n.. bugle
akaba Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba
akala Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. A Hawaiian raspberry (Rubus hawaiensis) with edible red or yellow fruit.
akasa Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. In Indian philosophy, the ether or sky; the fifth element.
akela Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. A leader of a Cub Scout pack.
alala Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
noun. A war cry or shout of triumph.
alapa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A small monetary unit or coin used in some regions.
alcea Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea
aldea Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A small village or hamlet in Spanish or Portuguese-speaking regions.
alima Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A female scholar or expert in Islamic religious knowledge; a woman who is learned in Islamic studies.
aloha Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
aloma Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A female given name, possibly of Hawaiian origin.
alosa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. shad
alpha Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
alula Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
n.. A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
aluta Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
noun. A type of soft leather, especially from sheep or goat.
amala Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A traditional Nigerian dish made from yam, cassava, or plantain flour, cooked into a smooth, stretchy dough, typically served with soups or stews.
amapa Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A tropical American tree (Tabebuia spp.) with hard wood.
amara Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A bitter substance, especially a bitter glycoside.
ameba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
amiga Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A female friend (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
amita Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. In Hindu tradition, a paternal aunt.
amnia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. Plural of amnion; the innermost fetal membranes.
amora Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied...
anama Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae, or a plant of this genus.
anasa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. squash bugs
ancha Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A narrow passage or channel (obsolete).
angka Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A traditional Indonesian shadow puppet made of leather.
aniba Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A genus of tropical American trees of the laurel family, some yielding aromatic wood.
anima Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
anita Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
noun. A female given name, variant of Anna.
anlia Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
anmia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A condition of having no blood or a severe lack of blood; anemia.
anoia Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
noun. A state of mental deficiency or lack of understanding; idiocy.
anova Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine w...
antra Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
pl.. of Antrum
anura Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n. pl.. One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.
aorta Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
aotea Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
noun. A New Zealand tree (Laurelia novae-zelandiae) with aromatic wood.
apama Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A genus of moths in the family Noctuidae.
apnea Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. transient cessation of respiration
apoda Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
aqaba Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
n.. Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf of Aqaba
araba Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A type of covered carriage or wagon used in the Middle East.
araca Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A tropical American tree (Psidium cattleianum) or its small red or yellow fruit, also called strawberry guava.
arara Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).
arava Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. an anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally; can slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis by slowing the proliferation of white blood ce...
ardea Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
areca Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.
arena Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiators fought and other shows were exhibited; -- so called because it was covered with sand.
aroma Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
arrha Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. A deposit or earnest money given to secure a contract.
artha Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. In Hindu philosophy, one of the four aims of life, meaning prosperity or wealth.
aruba Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles
arupa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
adjective. In Buddhism, belonging to the formless realm; immaterial.
arusa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
noun. A plant of the genus Arusa, or its medicinal extract.
asala Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing...
asama Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
asana Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. (Hinduism) a posture or manner of sitting (as in the practice of yoga)
asoka Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. A tree (Saraca asoca) native to South Asia, valued for its ornamental flowers and medicinal bark.
aspca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and promoting animal welfare.
asura Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
asyla Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
pl.. of Asylum
ateba Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A type of African antelope, also known as the bongo.
atria Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
pl.. of Atrium
avena Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.
babka Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
n.. a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds
bacca Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
baeda Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
bafta Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.
baisa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman
baiza Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
n.. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman
bajra Scrabble 14 · WWF 17
noun. Pearl millet, a cereal grain grown in arid regions.
bakra Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. A goat, especially a male goat, in South Asian contexts; often used in reference to sacrificial animals.
balsa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
banba Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
noun. A poetic name for Ireland, derived from a mythological queen.
banca Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
noun. A type of outrigger canoe used in the Philippines and Southeast Asia.
banda Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A type of Mexican brass band music, or the band itself.
banga Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. A type of drum used in some African music.
barba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. The beard or a beard-like part, especially in botany or zoology.
baria Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. Baryta.
basia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
basra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
bassa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. Alt. of Bassaw
basta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
interj.. Enough; stop.
batna Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a town in north central Algeria
batta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. Extra pay; esp. an extra allowance to an English officer serving in India.
batwa Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A member of a pygmy people of Central Africa, also known as Twa.
bauta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A traditional Venetian mask covering the lower face.
beata Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A blessed person, especially a female beatified by the Catholic Church.
beira Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel
beisa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A type of antelope (Oryx beisa) found in East Africa.
belga Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. A former unit of currency of Belgium, equal to five Belgian francs.
bella Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. A female given name, from Italian or Spanish, meaning 'beautiful'.
bemba Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
noun. A Bantu language spoken in Zambia.
beria Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953)
berra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. United States baseball player (born 1925)
besra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A small hawk (Accipiter virgatus) of Asia.
betta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A fish of the genus Betta, especially the Siamese fighting fish.
bhaga Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Hindu god of wealth and love
bhava Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
noun. In Indian philosophy, a state of being or emotional disposition.
bhima Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. In Hindu mythology, the second of the Pandava brothers.
bigha Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.
binna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. A type of small boat used in Southeast Asia.
biota Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. all the plant and animal life of a particular region
blida Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers
bocca Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.
bohea Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under Tea.
bossa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A style of Brazilian music, or a bossa nova dance.
braga Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. an ancient city in northern Portugal
brama Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. See Brahma.
brava Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
interjection. Used to express approval to a female performer.
braza Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
noun. A Spanish unit of length, about 1.67 meters.
breba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A small, early fig produced on a fig tree before the main crop.
breva Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A warm, dry wind that blows from the Alps into the valleys of northern Italy.
brisa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A gentle breeze, especially in Spanish-speaking regions.
briza Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
noun. A genus of grasses (quaking grass) with delicate, nodding spikelets.
broca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people; remembered for his discovery that articulate speech depends on an are...
broma Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. Aliment; food.
bruja Scrabble 14 · WWF 18
noun. A witch or sorceress, especially in Latin American or Spanish contexts.
brusa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a city in northwestern Turkey
bruta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. See Edentata.
bubba Scrabble 11 · WWF 15
noun. A term of address for a brother or friend, especially in the southern US.
buffa Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
n. fem.. The comic actress in an opera.
bulla Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
n.. A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
bunda Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. (slang) Buttocks, bottom.
bunga Scrabble 8 · WWF 12
noun. A flower, especially in Indian or Southeast Asian contexts.
burka Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa"
burma Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar"
burqa Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. a loose garment (usually with veiled holes for the eyes) worn by Muslim women especially in India and Pakistan; "the Taliban forced all women to wear the burqa"
bursa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony pro...
butea Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak
bwana Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A term of respect in East Africa, meaning 'master' or 'boss'.
caaba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray.
cabda Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A type of fish, possibly a variant of cabrilla.
cadra Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. a genus of Pyralidae
caeca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n. pl.. See Caecum.
caffa Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
noun. A rich silk fabric, often patterned, originally from the Middle East.
cakra Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. In Indian philosophy, a center of spiritual energy in the body; a chakra.
calla Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of plants, of the order Araceae.
canna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.
caoba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. The mahogany tree or its wood, especially from the West Indies.
capra Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.
carga Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A load or burden, especially in Spanish-speaking contexts.
caroa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A tropical American plant (Neoglaziovia variegata) whose leaves yield a fiber used for cordage.
carua Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A type of palm tree (Attalea speciosa) native to South America, or its fruit.
carya Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
casha Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. A monetary unit of certain Asian countries, typically a small coin.
catha Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers
cauda Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. any taillike structure
cauma Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. Great heat, as of the body in fever.
causa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
cavia Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs
ccoya Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. A type of wool or cloth from the Andes, often from alpaca or llama.
cecca Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
noun. A genus of small marine gastropod mollusks with spiral shells.
ceiba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers
cella Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.
cesta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A curved basket used in jai alai to catch and throw the ball.
chaga Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a Bantu language spoken by the Chaga in northern Tanzania
chaja Scrabble 17 · WWF 19
n.. The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often...
chaka Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
noun. A type of African drum or a name for a Zulu king.
chara Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.
chaya Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
noun. A leafy perennial shrub (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) native to Mexico and Central America, eaten as a vegetable.
cheka Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
noun. The secret police of the early Soviet Union (1917-1922), predecessor of the KGB.
chela Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
chena Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. In Sri Lanka, a plot of land cleared for shifting cultivation.
chera Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. A member of an ancient Tamil dynasty of southern India.
chewa Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe
chiba Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. A city in Japan, capital of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.
chica Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
china Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A country in Eastern Asia.
chita Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. A city in Russia, administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai.
choca Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. A type of chocolate-flavored drink or confection, especially in Latin American contexts.
chola Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A Mexican-American woman or girl, often associated with a particular subculture.
chopa Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
noun. A type of fish, especially a sea chub of the genus Kyphosus.
chria Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. A brief, instructive anecdote or saying, especially one attributed to a famous person.
chufa Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
cigua Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. A tropical American palm tree (Acrocomia crispa) with edible, oily nuts.
cilia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n. pl.. The eyelashes.
cista Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A box or chest, especially a cylindrical container used in ancient religious rites.
clara Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A female given name, from Latin, meaning 'bright' or 'clear'.
clava Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
noun. A club-shaped structure, especially in anatomy or botany.
cnida Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.
coala Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. Variant spelling of koala; a marsupial.
cobia Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.
cobra Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. See Copra.
cocoa Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
Alt. of Cocoa palm
colla Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
pl.. of Collum
colza Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.
comma Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
conga Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in single file
conia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. Same as Conine.
cooba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A tree (Acacia salicina) native to Australia, also called willow wattle.
cooja Scrabble 14 · WWF 17
noun. A tree (Acacia colei) native to Australia, also called coojong.
coosa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
copia Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. Abundance, plenty; rhetorical copiousness.
coppa Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
noun. An Italian cured pork cold cut made from the neck or shoulder.
copra Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed.
coria Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. Plural of corium; the deep layers of the skin.
coroa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A Portuguese or Brazilian coin or monetary unit; also a crown.
costa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A rib of an animal or a human being.
couma Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
noun. A genus of tropical trees in the family Apocynaceae.
crena Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A notch or cleft, especially in an anatomical structure.
crura Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n. pl.. See Crus.
cubla Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
noun. A type of small boat used in the Philippines.
cueca Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
noun. A Chilean folk dance and music style, typically in triple meter, often performed with handkerchiefs.
cueva Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
noun. A cave, especially in Spanish-speaking regions.
culla Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
noun. A small boat or skiff used in the East Indies.
culpa Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
n.. Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of he...
cuppa Scrabble 11 · WWF 15
n.. a cup of tea
curia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.
cursa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. In entomology, the ventral surface of the abdomen in certain insects.
curua Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. A type of palm tree (Attalea spectabilis) native to South America, or its edible fruit.
dabba Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A round metal box or container, especially one used for carrying food in South Asia.
dacca Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. the capital and largest city of Bangladesh
dacha Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. Russian country house
daeva Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. In Zoroastrianism, a malignant supernatural being or demon.
dafla Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. little known Kamarupan languages
dagda Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit
dagga Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
dahna Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. a desert in southern Saudi Arabia
daira Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
noun. In some contexts, a district or administrative division, especially in parts of North Africa or the Middle East.
daiva Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. In Indian philosophy, divine or fateful influence; destiny.
dalea Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. indigo bush
damia Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A genus of plants in the family Malvaceae, including the durian.
danda Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. In Indian music, a vertical stroke used in notation to indicate a beat or measure.
darpa Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since...
darya Scrabble 9 · WWF 8
noun. A large river or sea; used in Persian and Urdu names.
delia Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A female given name.
della Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A small valley or dell; also used in Italian names meaning 'of the'.
delta Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of t...
deota Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
noun. A Hindu temple or shrine.
derma Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. See Dermis.
dhaka Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
n.. the capital and largest city of Bangladesh
dhava Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum
dhawa Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum
diaka Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. A type of traditional Japanese drum.
diana Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
dicta Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n. pl.. See Dictum.
didna Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
verb. Scottish form of 'did not'.
dinka Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a Nilotic language
diota Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.
dirca Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood
disna Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
contraction. (Scottish) Contraction of 'does not'.
dobra Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. the basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe
dogma Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.
dogra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A member of a people of the Jammu region in India.
doina Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A Romanian folk song or musical style, often melancholic and improvisational.
dolia Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. Large earthenware jars used in ancient Rome for storing wine or oil.
donga Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A steep-sided ravine or watercourse, especially in South Africa.
donia Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A genus of plants in the family Restionaceae.
donna Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.
dooja Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
noun. A small object or gadget; a thingamajig.
doula Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childb...
douma Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. The lower house of the Russian parliament; also, a municipal council in pre-revolutionary Russia.
doura Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. A kind of millet. See Durra.
draba Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or lea...
drama Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous action...
drona Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. In Indian mythology, a legendary warrior and teacher; also a unit of measure.
dubba Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
noun. A large leather or skin bag for holding oil, ghee, or water.
dubya Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
dulia Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.
dumka Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
noun. A Slavic folk ballad or lament, often with a slow, melancholic mood.
dupla Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. Plural of duplum; in music, a term for a double proportion or a note twice the length of another.
duppa Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
noun. A type of Indian head covering or turban.
durga Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. Same as Doorga.
durra Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea...
dutra Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A type of Brazilian folk dance or music.
ebola Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe...
echea Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. In ancient Greek music, a resonance chamber or sound box.
edema Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. Same as oedema.
elisa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies...
eliza Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
noun. A female given name, diminutive of Elizabeth.
emesa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. (historical) An ancient city in Syria, now Homs.
encia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. (obsolete) A kind of grain or pulse; possibly a variant of 'encia' as in a plant.
enema Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.
enpia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
entia Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
noun. Plural of ens; entities or beings.
epona Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. (possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses
erbia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
noun. A rare earth oxide, Er2O3, used in ceramics and glass as a pink colorant.
erica Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.
erika Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. A female given name, variant of Erica.
eruca Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.
etyma Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
pl.. of Etymon
extra Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is...
facia Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. See Fascia.
facta Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
pl.. of Factum
faena Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. In bullfighting, the final series of passes with the muleta before the kill.
falda Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. A long, loose outer garment worn by some clergy.
falla Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946)
fanga Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A traditional African garment, typically a wrap or cloth.
fatwa Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
fauna Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.
fella Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"
feria Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast.
fibra Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A fiber, especially in biological or anatomical contexts.
fidia Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America.
finca Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. In Spanish-speaking countries, a rural estate or farm.
firca Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A type of coarse woolen cloth or blanket, typically from the Middle East.
flora Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. The goddess of flowers and spring.
flota Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A fleet; especially, a /eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the production of Spa...
folia Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
pl.. of Folium
fonda Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. United States film actor (1905-1982)
fossa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in...
fovea Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. A slight depression or pit; a fossa.
frena Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
pl.. of Frenum
freya Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. The daughter of Njord, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, but in Scandinavian, distinct.
fulwa Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
noun. A type of African tree (possibly a variant of fulwa tree).
funka Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
fuqra Scrabble 17 · WWF 18
n.. an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves f...
furca Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A forked structure or appendage, especially in insects or crustaceans.
gafsa Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. a city in west central Tunisia
galea Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
galga Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. A type of gallows or gibbet.
galla Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
noun. A member of a people of the Horn of Africa, now more commonly called Oromo.
gamba Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. A viola da gamba.
gamma Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet.
ganda Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A term for a group of people or a language in Uganda; also a type of dance.
ganga Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. The Ganges River, especially in Indian contexts.
ganja Scrabble 13 · WWF 17
n.. The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
gansa Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. Same as Ganza.
ganza Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
n.. A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
garua Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A dense fog or mist common on the coast of Peru and Chile.
gatha Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. A sacred hymn or poem in Zoroastrian literature, especially one of the Gathas attributed to Zoroaster.
gaura Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. Any plant of the genus Gaura, now usually included in Oenothera, with white or pink flowers.
gavia Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. type genus of the Gavidae: loons
geira Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
geisa Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A Japanese geisha; a traditional female entertainer.
gemma Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
genoa Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria
genua Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
pl.. of Genu
gerea Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers
ghana Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British"
gilia Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. Any plant of the genus Gilia, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers.
girba Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A type of water-skin or leather bag used in North Africa.
girja Scrabble 13 · WWF 16
noun. In Indian contexts, a church (from Hindi/Urdu).
gisla Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A type of Icelandic saga or story.
glaga Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. A type of traditional Korean hat.
gleba Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn
gloea Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A gelatinous or slimy substance, especially in algae.
gobia Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A genus of fishes, or a fish of that genus; a goby.
gogga Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. (South African) An insect or small creeping creature.
gonia Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. Plural of gonion, a point on the mandible.
gonna Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
contraction. Going to (used informally to indicate future intention or prediction).
gooma Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A term of address for a grandmother, especially in South Asian communities.
gotha Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. A type of large airship or bomber aircraft used by Germany in World War I.
gotra Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. In Hindu society, a clan or lineage traced through male descent.
gotta Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
contraction. Informal contraction of 'got to' or 'have got to', meaning must.
gouda Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
goura Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Vict...
grama Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
grana Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. Plural of granum; stacks of thylakoids in chloroplasts.
grata Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
adjective. Pleasing or acceptable (used in phrases like 'persona grata').
greta Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A female given name, often short for Margaret.
groma Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
noun. A surveying instrument used by ancient Romans for right angles.
guaba Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
noun. A tropical American tree (Inga edulis) with edible sweet pulp in its pods.
guaka Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A tropical American tree (Guarea species) with hard wood, or its timber.
guama Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations
guana Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
n.. See Iguana.
guara Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
guasa Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
noun. A tropical American tree (Guarea spp.) with hard wood.
guava Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium. Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava. The frui...
gumma Scrabble 10 · WWF 14
n.. A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.
gunda Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
noun. (Indian English) a hired thug or gangster, often used for intimidation or violence.
gusla Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
noun. A single-stringed musical instrument used in the Balkans.
gutta Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. A drop.
haida Scrabble 9 · WWF 8
n.. the Na-Dene language of the Haida
haifa Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. a major port in northwestern Israel
hakea Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
hakka Scrabble 16 · WWF 15
n.. a dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka
halfa Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. A grass (Stipa tenacissima) used for making paper and cordage.
halma Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.
haloa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. An ancient Greek festival in honor of Demeter and Dionysus.
halva Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
noun. A dense, sweet confection made from sesame paste or flour, sugar, and flavorings.
halwa Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
noun. Variant spelling of halva; a sweet confection.
hamsa Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
noun. A hand-shaped amulet popular in Middle East and North Africa, believed to ward off evil.
hamza Scrabble 19 · WWF 19
noun. A glottal stop sound in Arabic, represented by a diacritic mark.
hanna Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
noun. A female given name, variant of Hannah.
hansa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. See 2d Hanse.
haoma Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
harka Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
noun. A military unit or raid in North Africa, especially during colonial times.
harpa Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of marine univalve shells; the harp shells; -- so called from the form of the shells, and their ornamental ribs.
hasta Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. A spear or lance, especially in ancient Roman contexts.
hausa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
henna Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves fu...
herma Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. See Hermes, 2.
hevea Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. small genus of South American trees yielding latex; "rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations"
hiera Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. In ancient Greek religion, sacred objects or rites; also a genus of plants.
hijra Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
n.. See Hegira.
hilsa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A fish of the herring family (Tenualosa ilisha), found in South Asian rivers and seas, valued as food.
hippa Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. Alt. of Hippe
hoffa Scrabble 14 · WWF 13
n.. United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have b...
holla Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
interj.. Hollo.
honda Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
noun. A loop or eye at the end of a lasso or rope.
horla Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A supernatural being or invisible entity, especially in French literature.
horta Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. Belgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947)
hosea Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies
hosta Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
hovea Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
howea Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
noun. A genus of palms, including the kentia palm (Howea forsteriana).
huaca Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
noun. A sacred object, place, or shrine in Inca or Andean tradition.
hubba Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
interjection. An exclamation of excitement or approval, often used in 'hubba hubba'.
hutia Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A large rodent of the family Capromyidae, native to the Caribbean, with a stout body and short tail.
huzza Scrabble 26 · WWF 26
interj.. A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.
hybla Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
noun. A genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
hydra Scrabble 12 · WWF 10
n.. A serpent or monster in the lake or marsh of Lerna, in the Peloponnesus, represented as having many heads, one of which, when cut off, was immediately succee...
hyena Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrio...
hypha Scrabble 16 · WWF 14
n.. any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
icica Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
noun. A tropical American tree of the genus Icica, yielding a resin.
idola Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. Plural of idolum; mental images or phantoms, especially in Francis Bacon's philosophy, referring to false notions or idols that obstruct truth.
igara Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
noun. A type of freshwater fish found in South America.
ijmaa Scrabble 14 · WWF 17
noun. Variant spelling of ijma; consensus of Islamic scholars.
ikona Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
noun. A religious icon, especially in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
ilama Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. whitish tropical fruit with a pinkish tinge related to custard apples; grown in the southern United States
ilima Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A Hawaiian shrub (Sida fallax) with yellow flowers, used for leis.
imvia Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
noun. A term of uncertain meaning; possibly a misspelling or rare usage.
inaja Scrabble 12 · WWF 15
noun. A South American palm tree (Attalea maripa) with edible nuts.
india Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
indra Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder
infra Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
adv.. Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.
inoma Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
noun. A tumor composed of fibrous tissue.
intra Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
A prefix signifying in, within, interior; as, intraocular, within the eyeball; intramarginal.
inula Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
n.. any plant of the genus Inula
ionia Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks
irena Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
iroha Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
noun. A traditional Japanese syllabary poem; the basics or fundamentals of something.
irula Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. a Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India
isawa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
noun. A type of Japanese rice wine or sake, often used as a brand name.
itala Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version).
ixora Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
noun. A tropical shrub or small tree of the genus Ixora, with showy clusters of flowers.
jaffa Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
n.. a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
jagua Scrabble 13 · WWF 17
n.. tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
jaina Scrabble 12 · WWF 15
n.. One of a numerous sect in British India, holding the tenets of Jainism.
jidda Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
n.. port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca
jinja Scrabble 19 · WWF 24
n.. a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
jirga Scrabble 13 · WWF 16
n.. a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders; "most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"
joppa Scrabble 16 · WWF 20
n.. a port in western Israel on the Mediterranean; incorporated into Tel Aviv in 1950
judea Scrabble 13 · WWF 16
n.. the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
junta Scrabble 12 · WWF 16
n.. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
juvia Scrabble 15 · WWF 19
n.. A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree (Bertholetia excelsa) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.
kaaba Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel...
kaama Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. The hartbeest.
kafka Scrabble 16 · WWF 16
n.. Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
kalka Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic
kalpa Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. One of the Brahmanic eons, a period of 4,320,000,000 years. At the end of each Kalpa the world is annihilated.
kamba Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
n.. a Bantu language spoken by the Kamba in Kenya
kamia Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. the Yuman language spoken by the Kamia
kansa Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Kansa
kappa Scrabble 13 · WWF 15
n.. the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
karma Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of...
kasha Scrabble 12 · WWF 11
n.. boiled or baked buckwheat
kenya Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley...
khama Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
n.. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980)
khaya Scrabble 15 · WWF 13
n.. A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge.
kinda Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
adv.. to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's...
kiowa Scrabble 12 · WWF 12
n.. the Tanoan language spoken by the Kiowa
koala Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native...
kogia Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. pygmy sperm whales
kokka Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. the branch of Shinto recognized as the official state religion of Japan
korda Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)
korea Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
kovna Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. a city in central Lithuania
krona Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. the basic unit of money in Iceland
kurta Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama)
kwela Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
labia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n. pl.. See Labium.
labra Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
pl.. of Labrum
lamia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.
lamna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. a genus of Lamnidae
lansa Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit
larva Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may c...
lassa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
laura Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.
layia Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers
lemma Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
lemna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root
lepra Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. Leprosy.
lhasa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs
liana Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of t...
libra Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
libya Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum
limpa Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. a rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar
linga Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
n.. Alt. of Lingam
llama Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the gua...
loasa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers
loofa Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
lorca Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco's soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936)
lovoa Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. genus of African timber trees
loxia Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. crossbill
luffa Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior...
lumma Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
n.. 100 lumma equal 1 dram in Armenia
lunda Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
n.. puffins
lutra Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae
luyia Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. a Bantu language
lycea Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
pl.. of Lyceum
lycia Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor
lydia Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. an ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor; a powerful kingdom until conquered by the Persians in 546 BC
lyssa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. Hydrophobia.
lytta Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
madia Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A genus of composite plants, of which one species (Madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. This oil is sometimes used ins...
mafia Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. any tightly knit group of trusted associates
magha Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar; corresponds to January in the Gregorian calendar
magma Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.
malta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
malva Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. herbs and subshrubs: mallows
mamba Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
mamma Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
manda Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. a Dravidian language spoken in south central India
mania Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.
manna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
manta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. See Coleoptera and Sea devil.
maria Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
mbeya Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. a city in southwestern Tanzania
mecca Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. a place that attracts many visitors; "New York is a mecca for young artists"
medea Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
media Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. pl. of Medium.
melba Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)
melia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
mensa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
mesua Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
mirza Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
n.. The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.
missa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The service or sacrifice of the Mass.
mitra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth
mocha Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.
moira Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The deity who assigns to every man his lot.
moksa Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth
molva Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. ling
momma Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. informal terms for a mother
msasa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers
mudra Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing
mulla Scrabble 7 · WWF 11
n.. Same as Mollah.
munda Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. a family of languages spoken by people scattered throughout central India
munga Scrabble 8 · WWF 12
n.. See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet.
munja Scrabble 14 · WWF 19
n.. tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
murza Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. One of the hereditary nobility among the Tatars, esp. one of the second class.
musca Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.
mwera Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. a Bantu language spoken in southern coastal Tanzania
myoma Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A tumor consisting of muscular tissue.
nafta Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years
naira Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. the basic unit of money in Nigeria
nampa Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. a town in southwestern Idaho
nanna Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
n.. god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
naqua Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
n.. diuretic drug (trade name Naqua) used to treat hypertension
nassa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. Any species of marine gastropods, of the genera Nassa, Tritia, and other allied genera of the family Nassidae; a dog whelk. See Illust. under Gastropoda.
nasua Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. coatis
natta Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979)
nemea Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held
nerva Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. Emperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98)
nigga Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
nigra Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
nigua Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
n.. The chigoe.
ninja Scrabble 12 · WWF 16
n.. a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations
nomia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes
nonda Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. The edible plumlike fruit of the Australian tree, Parinarium Nonda.
noria Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged...
norma Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
norna Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.
nubia Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A light fabric of wool, worn on the head by women; a cloud.
nucha Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. The back or upper part of the neck; the nape.
nyala Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck
nyssa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
ochna Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
ochoa Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)
ocrea Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. See Ochrea.
odesa Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. a port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea
ohara Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. United States writer (1905-1970)
oliva Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.
omaha Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935
omega Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.
omiya Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo
onega Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
oozoa Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
n. pl.. Same as Acrita.
opera Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, tr...
oriya Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. a Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa
oryza Scrabble 17 · WWF 16
n.. A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.
osaka Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
ostia Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
pl.. of Ostium
ouija Scrabble 12 · WWF 15
n.. a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages
oujda Scrabble 13 · WWF 16
n.. a city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border
ovula Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
pl.. of Ovulum
ozawa Scrabble 17 · WWF 17
n.. United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
ozena Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.
pacha Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.
padda Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. a genus of Ploceidae
padua Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. a city in Veneto
paisa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan
palea Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
palla Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
panda Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur. It is related to the bears, and inhabits the mountains of Northern India.
panga Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
pansa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
pappa Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
papua Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea
parka Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
pasha Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw.
pasta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
patka Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a scarf worn by Sikh men
pelta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
penna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A perfect, or normal, feather.
penta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon.
perca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A genus of fishes, including the fresh-water perch.
phoca Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.
phyla Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
pl.. of Phylon
phyma Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. A tubercle on any external part of the body.
physa Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
n.. A genus of fresh-water Pulmonifera, having reversed spiral shells. See Pond snail, under Pond.
picea Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere, including the Norway spruce and the American black and white spruces. These trees have pendent cones,...
picra Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
pieta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels.
pilea Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage
pinna Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.
pipra Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. Any one of numerous species of small clamatorial birds belonging to Pipra and allied genera, of the family Pipridae. The male is usually glossy black, varied...
pitta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family Pittidae. Most of the species are varied wit...
pizza Scrabble 25 · WWF 26
n.. Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese
plaga Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. A stripe of color.
playa Scrabble 10 · WWF 11
n.. A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
plaza Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. A public square in a city or town.
plica Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
v.. A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait.
pluma Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
n.. A feather.
podia Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
pl.. of Podium
polka Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.
ponca Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca
ponka Scrabble 11 · WWF 13
n.. the Dhegiha dialect spoken by the Ponca
porta Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.
praha Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic in the western part of the country; a cultural and commercial center since the 14th century
praia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island
praya Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long
prima Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. used primarily as eating apples
psora Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A cutaneous disease; especially, the itch.
pucka Scrabble 13 · WWF 16
a.. absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"
pukka Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
a.. absolutely first class and genuine; "pukka sahib"; "pukka quarters with a swarm of servants"
punka Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.
pydna Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom
qaeda Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terr...
qibla Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa
quata Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. The coaita.
quica Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit.
quira Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
quota Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
n.. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
raita Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices
rasta Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. follower of Rastafarianism
reata Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. A lariat.
redia Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either...
regma Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.
riata Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. a long noosed rope used to catch animals
rioja Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain
rissa Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. a genus of Laridae
rotta Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. See Rota.
rubia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots
rudra Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva
rumba Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance
rupia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish cr...
rusma Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A depilatory made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.
sabra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. a native-born Israeli
sacra Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
pl.. of Sacrum
saida Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. the main city of ancient Phoenicia
saiga Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes...
saiva Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.
salpa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
salsa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods
samba Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
samia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. silkworm moths
samoa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular touris...
sanaa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central plateau
sanga Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. Alt. of Sangu
santa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
sarda Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. bonitos
sarsa Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. Sarsaparilla.
sauna Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
sayda Scrabble 9 · WWF 8
n.. the main city of ancient Phoenicia
scala Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
scena Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A scene in an opera.
schwa Scrabble 13 · WWF 13
n.. a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
scuba Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
scuta Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n. pl.. See Scutum.
sedna Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. a planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun
selma Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
selva Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. a rain forest in a tropical area
senna Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
senza Scrabble 14 · WWF 15
prep.. Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments.
seora Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
sepia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The common European cuttlefish.
septa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
pl.. of Septum
serra Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)
sessa Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
interj.. Hurry; run.
shama Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds...
shema Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. a liturgical prayer (considered to be the essence of Jewish religion) that is recited at least twice daily by adult Jewish males to declare their faith; "as...
shina Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a Dardic language spoken in northern Kashmir
shiva Scrabble 11 · WWF 11
n.. the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon
shola Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. See Sola.
shona Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
shuha Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
a.. of or pertaining to any Shinto sect other than Kokka Shinto
sicca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
sieva Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
sigla Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n. pl.. The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
sigma Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. The Greek letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.
silva Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
simia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the...
sitka Scrabble 9 · WWF 9
n.. a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
sitta Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. type genus of the Sittidae
sofia Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria
softa Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a mosque school.
solea Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. type genus of the Soleidae
solfa Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
v. i.. To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
sousa Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
spica Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
sputa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
pl.. of Sputum
stela Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
stola Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.
stoma Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
stria Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock...
stupa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A mound or monument commemorative of Buddha.
styca Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. An anglo-Saxon copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing.
sudra Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.
sulfa Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
sulla Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
n.. Roman general and dictator (138-78 BC)
sunna Scrabble 5 · WWF 8
n.. A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
supra Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
adv.. Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.
surya Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light
sutra Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.
sylva Scrabble 11 · WWF 12
n.. Same as Silva.
syria Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
syrma Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.
tacca Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers
tafia Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. A variety of rum.
taira Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. Same as Tayra.
talma Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A kind of large cape, or short, full cloak, forming part of the dress of ladies.
talpa Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.
tampa Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
tanga Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
tanka Scrabble 9 · WWF 10
n.. A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
tappa Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
tatta Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. A bamboo frame or trellis hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters.
tayra Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. A South American carnivore (Galera barbara) allied to the grison. The tail is long and thick. The length, including the tail, is about three feet.
tazza Scrabble 23 · WWF 23
n.. An ornamental cup or vase with a large, flat, shallow bowl, resting on a pedestal and often having handles.
tenia Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. See Taenia.
terga Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
pl.. of Tergum
terma Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
terra Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. The earth; earth.
tesla Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed t...
testa Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
tetra Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.
theca Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.
theia Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology
theta Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in pass...
thuja Scrabble 15 · WWF 17
n.. A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compr...
thuya Scrabble 11 · WWF 10
n.. Same as Thuja.
tiara Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of...
tibia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
tilia Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-grey bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
tinca Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. tench
tinea Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.
tirma Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. The oyster catcher.
todea Scrabble 6 · WWF 6
n.. a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
tomia Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
pl.. of Tomium
tonga Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
toona Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. formerly included in genus Cedrela
torta Scrabble 5 · WWF 5
n.. a flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
trapa Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut
trema Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia
trica Scrabble 7 · WWF 8
n.. An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surface marked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.
triga Scrabble 6 · WWF 7
n.. type genus of the Triglidae
trona Scrabble 5 · WWF 6
n.. A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit...
tsuga Scrabble 6 · WWF 8
n.. hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce
tulsa Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries
tunga Scrabble 6 · WWF 9
n.. a genus of Siphonaptera
typha Scrabble 13 · WWF 12
n.. reed maces; cattails
tzara Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
n.. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963)
ulama Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guar...
ulema Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or a...
ultra Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
a.. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expres...
umbra Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; --...
uncia Scrabble 7 · WWF 10
n.. A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.
ungka Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. The siamang; -- called also ungka ape.
upupa Scrabble 9 · WWF 13
n.. A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.
urmia Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
n.. a city on the western side of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran
usnea Scrabble 5 · WWF 7
n.. A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which gro...
utica Scrabble 7 · WWF 9
a.. Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
uvula Scrabble 8 · WWF 12
n.. The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
vacua Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
pl.. of Vacuum
vajra Scrabble 15 · WWF 18
n.. Indra's thunderbolt
vanda Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes
varna Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
verpa Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top
vespa Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. A genus of Hymenoptera including the common wasps and hornets.
vesta Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire...
vicia Scrabble 10 · WWF 12
n.. widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
vicua Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. Alt. of Vicugna
vidua Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. whydahs
vifda Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted.
vigna Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Pha...
villa Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.
vilna Scrabble 8 · WWF 11
n.. the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in southeastern Lithuania
vinca Scrabble 10 · WWF 13
n.. periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
viola Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
virga Scrabble 9 · WWF 11
n.. light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
vista Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other obj...
vitta Scrabble 8 · WWF 9
n.. One of the oil tubes in the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
vivda Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. See Vifda.
vodka Scrabble 13 · WWF 14
n.. A Russian drink distilled from rye.
volga Scrabble 9 · WWF 12
n.. a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea
volta Scrabble 8 · WWF 10
n.. A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second...
volva Scrabble 11 · WWF 14
n.. A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
vulva Scrabble 11 · WWF 15
n.. The external parts of the female genital organs; sometimes, the opening between the projecting parts of the external organs.
wajda Scrabble 16 · WWF 18
n.. Polish filmmaker (born in 1929)
wicca Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. the polytheistic nature religion of modern witchcraft whose central deity is a mother goddess; claims origins in pre-Christian pagan religions of western Europe
xenia Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
pl.. of Xenium
xhosa Scrabble 15 · WWF 14
n.. a Bantu language closely related to Zulu
yacca Scrabble 12 · WWF 13
n.. A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish wit...
yalta Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945
yeara Scrabble 8 · WWF 7
n.. The California poison oak (Rhus diversiloba). See under Poison, a.
yenta Scrabble 8 · WWF 8
n.. (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
yerba Scrabble 10 · WWF 10
n.. An herb; a plant.
yucca Scrabble 12 · WWF 14
n.. See Flicker, n., 2.
zamia Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
n.. A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.
zaria Scrabble 14 · WWF 14
n.. a city in north central Nigeria; agricultural trading center
zarqa Scrabble 23 · WWF 23
n.. city in northwestern Jordan
zebra Scrabble 16 · WWF 17
n.. Either one of two species of South African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or b...
zerda Scrabble 15 · WWF 15
n.. The fennec.
ziega Scrabble 15 · WWF 16
n.. Curd produced from milk by adding acetic acid, after rennet has ceased to cause coagulation.
zilla Scrabble 14 · WWF 16
n.. A low, thorny, suffrutescent, crucifeous plant (Zilla myagroides) found in the deserts of Egypt. Its leaves are boiled in water, and eaten, by the Arabs.
zomba Scrabble 18 · WWF 20
n.. a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971

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