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Yes. The word amplexus is a Scrabble US word. The word amplexus is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word amplexus is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

AMPLEXUS,

7-letter words (1 found)

AMPULES,

6-letter words (13 found)

AMPULE,AMPULS,AUSPEX,EMPUSA,MAPLES,PELAUS,PELMAS,PLEXUS,PLUMES,SAMPLE,SEXUAL,SUPLEX,ULEMAS,

5-letter words (60 found)

ALMES,ALUMS,AMPLE,AMPUL,AMUSE,AXELS,AXLES,EXAMS,EXULS,LAMES,LAMPS,LAPSE,LAXES,LEAMS,LEAPS,LUMAS,LUMPS,LUXES,MALES,MALUS,MAPLE,MAULS,MAXES,MEALS,MELAS,MESAL,MULES,MULSE,MUXES,PALES,PALMS,PAULS,PAUSE,PAXES,PEALS,PELAS,PELAU,PELMA,PLASM,PLEAS,PLUES,PLUME,PLUMS,PSALM,PULAS,PULES,PULSE,PUMAS,PUSLE,SALEP,SALUE,SAMEL,SEPAL,SLUMP,SPALE,SPAUL,SPEAL,SPULE,SPUME,ULEMA,

4-letter words (91 found)

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3-letter words (68 found)

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2-letter words (20 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 255 words from amplexus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of amplexus

amplexus

Etymology

Latin amplexus (“embrace”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛksəs

Noun

amplexus (uncountable)

  1. A form of pseudocopulation, found chiefly in amphibians and horseshoe crabs, in which a male grasps a female with his front legs as part of the mating process.

Derived terms

  • amplexus reservatus

Related terms

  • amplex

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈplek.sus/, [ämˈpɫ̪ɛks̠ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /amˈplek.sus/, [ämˈplɛksus]

Etymology 1

Perfect active participle of amplector (“surround; grasp”).

Participle

amplexus (feminine amplexa, neuter amplexum); first/second-declension participle

  1. surrounded, encircled, entwined
  2. embraced, clasped, grasped
  3. esteemed
  4. cherished
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

amplector +‎ -tus

Noun

amplexus m (genitive amplexūs); fourth declension

  1. clasp, embrace
  2. a loving embrace, caress (mostly in the plural)
  3. coil
  4. circumference
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants
  • English: amplexus

References

  • “amplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “amplexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amplexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org