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Yes. The word aculeus is a Scrabble US word. The word aculeus is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is aculeus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word aculeus is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

ACULEUS,

6-letter words (3 found)

CAULES,CLAUSE,SECULA,

5-letter words (12 found)

ALECS,CAULS,CAUSE,CLAES,CLUES,LACES,LUAUS,LUCES,SALUE,SAUCE,SCALE,USUAL,

4-letter words (30 found)

ACES,AESC,ALEC,ALES,ALUS,CALS,CASE,CAUL,CEAS,CELS,CLUE,CUES,EAUS,ECUS,LACE,LACS,LASE,LEAS,LUAU,LUCE,LUES,SALE,SAUL,SCUL,SEAL,SLAE,SLUE,SULU,ULES,ULUS,

3-letter words (28 found)

ACE,ALE,ALS,ALU,AUE,CAL,CEL,CUE,EAS,EAU,ECU,ELS,LAC,LAS,LEA,LES,LEU,SAC,SAE,SAL,SAU,SEA,SEC,SEL,SUE,ULE,ULU,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AL,AS,EA,EL,ES,LA,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 83 words from aculeus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of aculeus

aculeus

Etymology

From Latin aculeus.

Pronunciation

Noun

aculeus (plural aculei)

  1. (botany) A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses. [from 18th c.]
  2. A sting.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Derived from ac(us) (“needle”) +‎ -uleus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈku.le.us/, [äˈkʊɫ̪eʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈku.le.us/, [äˈkuːleus]

Noun

aculeus m (genitive aculeī); second declension

  1. sting, stinger (of an insect)
  2. sting (metaphorical)
  3. spine, thorn

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • aculeātus
  • aculeolus
  • *aculeō
    • Galician: aguillón
    • Portuguese: aguilhão
    • Spanish: aguijón

Descendants

  • → English: aculeus (learned)
  • ⇒ Old French: aiglant
    • ⇒ French: églantier
  • → Old Frisian: etsel, eetsel, eetzil, eitzel, eetzel, ethzel, ezel, ezil, itsil
    • West Frisian: isel, izel
  • → Italian: aculeo
  • → Portuguese: acúleo
  • → Romanian: aculeu
  • → Spanish: acúleo

References

  • “ăcūlĕus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aculeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aculeus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ăcŭlĕus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 26/3.
  • “aculeus” on page 31/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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