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Is abscise a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word abscise is a Scrabble US word. The word abscise is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is abscise a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word abscise is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word abscise is a Words With Friends word. The word abscise is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

ABSCISE,SCABIES,SEBASIC,

6-letter words (5 found)

BASICS,BIASES,CASSIE,CEIBAS,SAICES,

5-letter words (16 found)

ABIES,BASES,BASIC,BASIS,BASSE,BASSI,BICES,BISES,CASES,CEIBA,ISBAS,SABES,SAICE,SAICS,SCABS,SICES,

4-letter words (29 found)

ACES,AESC,ASCI,BACS,BAES,BASE,BASS,BIAS,BICE,BISE,CABS,CASE,CEAS,CESS,ICES,ISBA,SABE,SABS,SACS,SAIC,SAIS,SCAB,SEAS,SECS,SEIS,SIBS,SICE,SICS,SIES,

3-letter words (24 found)

ABS,ACE,AIS,ASS,BAC,BAE,BAS,BES,BIS,CAB,CIS,EAS,ESS,ICE,SAB,SAC,SAE,SAI,SEA,SEC,SEI,SIB,SIC,SIS,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AE,AI,AS,BA,BE,BI,EA,ES,IS,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 89 words from abscise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of abscise

abscise

Etymology

From Latin abscīsus, perfect passive participle of abscīdō (“cut off”); formed from abs- + caedō (“cut”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsaɪz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsaɪz/
  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Verb

abscise (third-person singular simple present abscises, present participle abscising, simple past and past participle abscised)

  1. (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  2. (intransitive, botany) To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. [First attested in the early 20th century.]

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Anagrams

  • ecbasis, scabies

Latin

Adjective

abscīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of abscīsus

References

  • “abscise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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