bacchanalia
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- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 24
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- 11
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Definition of bacchanalia
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (Greek)A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
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noun
- (Greek)A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
- (alt-of, broadly)Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
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Any wild, orgiastic party or celebration.
“His sexuality had been an open secret within the industry for decades: his pool parties, described as “blond bacchanalias”, were legendary.”
“Now counting about 600 homes, it is a place of mythic weekend-long parties and carnal pleasure, a byword for bacchanalia and fleshy hedonism – but also simply a secluded haven where people can be themselves.”
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Etymology
From Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
Words you can make from bacchanalia
105 playable · top: BACCHANAL (18 pts)
Best play bacchanal 18 points7-letter words
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27 words3-letter words
32 words- BAH 8 pts
- CHI 8 pts
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- ICH 8 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
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- HIN 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAN 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
2-letter words
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