delta

delta is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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 the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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 the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
2. noun. the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
3. noun. a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

   "the Mississippi River delta"

   "the Nile delta"

4. noun. an object shaped like an equilateral triangle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in delta:

adlet, dealt, lated, taled

Common word forms

deltas, deltation

Words from these letters

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