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Is anuran a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word anuran is a Scrabble US word. The word anuran is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word anuran is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

ANURAN,

5-letter words (3 found)

ANURA,NANUA,RUANA,

4-letter words (8 found)

ANAN,ANNA,ARNA,AURA,NAAN,NANA,RANA,RAUN,

3-letter words (9 found)

ANA,ANN,AUA,NAN,NUN,NUR,RAN,RUN,URN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AA,AN,AR,NA,NU,UN,UR,

You can make 28 words from anuran according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of anuran

anuran

Etymology

From New Latin Anoura, Anura (name of the order of amphibians), or from French Anoures (name of a family of amphibians) (from Latin an-, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, tail), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (backside, buttocks)) +‎ -n (from Latin -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’), from -nus, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈnjʊəɹ(ə)n/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈn(j)ʊɹən/, /æ-/
  • Hyphenation: an‧ur‧an

Noun

anuran (plural anurans)

  1. (batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.

Related terms

  • anourous, anurous
  • anurophagous
  • Anura
  • anural

Translations

Adjective

anuran (not comparable)

  1. (batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura.

Synonyms

  • batrachian

Hypernyms

  • salientian

Translations

See also

  • froggish
  • froggy
  • froglike
  • frogly
  • ranarian
  • ranine
  • toadish
  • toadlike
  • toadly

Further reading

  • Anura (frog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org