phosphatidyl

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 26
Words With Friends: 26
Letters: 12

Pronunciation

/fɒsˈfætɪdɪl/

See all 2 pronunciations

/fɒsˈfætɪdɪl/ · /-aɪl/

Definition of phosphatidyl

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable, usually)A radical derived from a phosphatide

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

See full etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusder. French phosphore French -ate French phosphateder. English phosphate Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English phosphatide English -ate English phosphatidate Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English phosphatidyl From phosphatidate + -yl.

Words you can make from phosphatidyl

200+ playable · top: PHOSPHID (19 pts)

Best play phosphid 19 points

9-letter words

1 word

TYPHOIDAL 18 pts

8-letter words

14 words

7-letter words

37 words

6-letter words

65 words

5-letter words

82 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to phosphatidyl to make another valid word.

Back

PHOSPHATIDYLS 27 pts

Find your best play with phosphatidyl

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes phosphatidyl, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.

Find more plays Browse word lists