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Yes. The word acarus is a Scrabble US word. The word acarus is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is acarus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acarus is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

ACARUS,

5-letter words (6 found)

ARCUS,ASURA,AURAS,CAUSA,SACRA,SCAUR,

4-letter words (16 found)

ARCS,ASAR,AUAS,AURA,CAAS,CARS,CASA,CRUS,CURS,RACA,RUCS,RUSA,SCAR,SCUR,SURA,URSA,

3-letter words (14 found)

AAS,ARC,ARS,AUA,CAA,CAR,CRU,CUR,RAS,RUC,SAC,SAR,SAU,SUR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AR,AS,UR,US,

You can make 42 words from acarus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acarus

acarus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/

Noun

acarus (plural acari or acarina)

  1. (zoology, acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
    • 2003, G. Leigheb, Mite bites, Andreas D. Katsambas, European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments, Springer, page 342,
      Besides the acarus of human scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei hominis) (0.3-0.5 mm), many other acari which are parasitic on animals or which infest various plant species, foods, organic waste or soil may occasionally attack man (facultative parasitism vs. obligatory parasitism in the case of scabies).

Usage notes

  • The term and its two plural forms match, and are potentially confounded with, three different taxonomic names for two related taxa: genus Acarus (Linnaeus, 1758) and subclass Acari (Nitzsch), 1818), aka Acarina. The subclass comprises all mites and ticks, while the genus is a particular group of mites. Further complicating matters, the genus Acarus as originally described by Linnaeus included a wide assortment of species. As new genera were described and species moved to them, the definition of the genus changed each time.

Related terms

  • acarid
  • acaridian
  • acarine

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Further reading

  • Acarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Acari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • caraus

Source: wiktionary.org