javelina
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 8
Definition of javelina
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Canada, US)A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).
“The Javelina (Peccari) is an animal peculiar so far as I know to Spanish America.”
“Some well-mounted heads of deer and one of an enormous black javeli projected from the walls.”
“We […] were ready to send some prickly pears to the next world when the most unfortunate group of javelina on earth walked into view.”
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Etymology
From Spanish javalina, jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (jabalī) (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.
Words you can make from javelina
105 playable · top: JAVELIN (17 pts)
Best play javelin 17 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
22 words4-letter words
39 words- JAVA 14 pts
- JIVE 14 pts
- JAIL 11 pts
- JANE 11 pts
- JEAN 11 pts
- EVIL 7 pts
- LAVA 7 pts
- LAVE 7 pts
- LEVA 7 pts
- LIVE 7 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
- NEVI 7 pts
- VAIL 7 pts
- VAIN 7 pts
- VALE 7 pts
- VANE 7 pts
- VEAL 7 pts
- VEIL 7 pts
- VEIN 7 pts
- VELA 7 pts
- VENA 7 pts
- VIAL 7 pts
- VILE 7 pts
- VINA 7 pts
- VINE 7 pts
- VLEI 7 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
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25 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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