occipital
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- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of occipital
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of occipital bone.
- An occipital scale in reptiles.
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Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis.
Words you can make from occipital
145 playable · top: OCCIPITA (14 pts)
Best play occipita 14 points7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
26 words- CACTI 9 pts
- CAPOT 9 pts
- CLAPT 9 pts
- CLIPT 9 pts
- COACT 9 pts
- COAPT 9 pts
- COLIC 9 pts
- COPAL 9 pts
- ICTIC 9 pts
- OPTIC 9 pts
- PICAL 9 pts
- PICOT 9 pts
- PLICA 9 pts
- TOPIC 9 pts
- CILIA 7 pts
- COATI 7 pts
- ILIAC 7 pts
- LICIT 7 pts
- LOTIC 7 pts
- OCTAL 7 pts
- PATIO 7 pts
- PILOT 7 pts
- PLAIT 7 pts
- TICAL 7 pts
- AIOLI 5 pts
- LITAI 5 pts
4-letter words
47 words- CAPO 8 pts
- CLAP 8 pts
- CLIP 8 pts
- CLOP 8 pts
- COCA 8 pts
- COPI 8 pts
- PACT 8 pts
- PICA 8 pts
- ATOP 6 pts
- CALO 6 pts
- CIAO 6 pts
- CLIT 6 pts
- CLOT 6 pts
- COAL 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COLA 6 pts
- COLT 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- LIPA 6 pts
- LIPO 6 pts
- LOCA 6 pts
- LOCI 6 pts
- OPAL 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- PAIL 6 pts
- PALI 6 pts
- PIAL 6 pts
- PILI 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLOT 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- TIPI 6 pts
- TOPI 6 pts
- ALIT 4 pts
- ALTO 4 pts
- ILIA 4 pts
- IOTA 4 pts
- LATI 4 pts
- LOTA 4 pts
- LOTI 4 pts
- TAIL 4 pts
- TALI 4 pts
- TOIL 4 pts
- TOLA 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- CAP 7 pts
- COP 7 pts
- PAC 7 pts
- PIC 7 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- ALP 5 pts
- APO 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- OPA 5 pts
- OPT 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- POI 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POT 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- TOP 5 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LIT 3 pts
- LOT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
2-letter words
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