caryatid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
See all 2 pronunciations Show less
Definition of caryatid
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
-
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
“She wore on the top of her head an upright circular cap that made her resemble a caryatid disburdened, and on other parts of her person strange combinations of colours, stuffs, shapes, of metal, mineral and plant.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω (karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι (Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”).
Words you can make from caryatid
94 playable · top: ACIDY (11 pts)
Best play acidy 11 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
31 words- CITY 9 pts
- RACY 9 pts
- DRAY 8 pts
- TIDY 8 pts
- YARD 8 pts
- YIRD 8 pts
- ACID 7 pts
- AIRY 7 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- CADI 7 pts
- CAID 7 pts
- CARD 7 pts
- RAYA 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- ACAI 6 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- CART 6 pts
- CRIA 6 pts
- CRIT 6 pts
- ADIT 5 pts
- ARID 5 pts
- DART 5 pts
- DATA 5 pts
- DIRT 5 pts
- DITA 5 pts
- DRAT 5 pts
- RAID 5 pts
- TRAD 5 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to caryatid to make another valid word.
Back
Find your best play with caryatid
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes caryatid, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.