naumachy

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Scrabble points: 18
Words With Friends: 20
Letters: 8

Definition of naumachy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete)A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.

“Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […].”

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Etymology

From Middle French naumachie and its source, Latin naumachia.

Words you can make from naumachy

71 playable · top: MUNCHY (16 pts)

Best play munchy 16 points

6-letter words

1 word

CAYMAN 13 pts

5-letter words

8 words

4-letter words

20 words

3-letter words

25 words

2-letter words

16 words

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