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8-letter words ending in LA
There are 53 8-letter words ending in LA in the standard word-game list. The most common are umbrella, guerilla, tortilla, amygdala, auricula, blastula.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| umbrella | covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups | 12 |
| guerilla | a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | 9 |
| tortilla | thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour | 8 |
| amygdala | an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately… | 15 |
| auricula | yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated | 10 |
| blastula | early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a… | 10 |
| braciola | A slice of pan-fried or grilled meat, cooked in its own juice or in a small amount of olive oil. | 12 |
| brucella | an aerobic Gram-negative coccobacillus that causes brucellosis; can be used as a bioweapon | 12 |
| cabrilla | Epinephelus analogus (spotted grouper), of the eastern Pacific. | 12 |
| capitula | a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | 12 |
| comatula | A feather star of the genus Comatula. | 12 |
| cuticula | the outer body wall of an insect | 12 |
| fibrilla | A minute thread or fibre; a fibril. | 13 |
| flotilla | a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships | 11 |
| gastrula | double-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is… | 9 |
| glabella | a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of… | 11 |
| gladiola | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having… | 10 |
| mammilla | the small projection of a mammary gland | 14 |
| mantilla | a woman's silk or lace scarf | 10 |
| panatela | a long slender cigar | 10 |
| panetela | a long slender cigar | 10 |
| parabola | a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the… | 12 |
| polygala | Any milkwort of the genus Polygala | 14 |
| prunella | A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals. | 10 |
| quinella | A form of bet in which the bettor predicts the first two finishers in a race, without concern for the order… | 17 |
| quiniela | A kind of bet in which the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted, but (unlike a perfecta) not… | 17 |
| rachilla | The part of a spikelet, in grasses and sedges, that bears the florets | 13 |
| reticula | The reticular formation. | 10 |
| retinula | One of the group of pigmented cells that surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. | 8 |
| salsilla | tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato… | 8 |
| scrofula | a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands | 13 |
| scutella | A scutellum. | 10 |
| shigella | rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a… | 12 |
| spirilla | any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form | 10 |
| strobila | The jointed series of segments of the body of a tapeworm, posterior to the unjointed collum. | 10 |
| terrella | A small magnetized model ball representing the Earth, used in investigating magnetism. | 8 |
| zarzuela | A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject. | 26 |
All 53 words
- umbrella
- guerilla
- tortilla
- amygdala
- auricula
- blastula
- braciola
- brucella
- cabrilla
- capitula
- clitella
- cocobola
- comatula
- cubicula
- cuticula
- fibrilla
- flabella
- flagella
- flotilla
- gastrula
- glabella
- gladiola
- mammilla
- mantilla
- movieola
- opercula
- opuscula
- panatela
- panetela
- parabola
- polygala
- prunella
- quinella
- quiniela
- rachilla
- reticula
- retinula
- rostella
- salsilla
- scrofula
- scutella
- semigala
- sensilla
- shigella
- shillala
- silicula
- spirilla
- strobila
- subphyla
- tenacula
- terrella
- vesicula
- zarzuela