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Is apse a Scrabble word?

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

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Is apse a Scrabble UK word?

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

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4-letter words (5 found)

APES,APSE,PASE,PEAS,SPAE,

3-letter words (10 found)

APE,ASP,EAS,PAS,PEA,PES,SAE,SAP,SEA,SPA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AS,EA,ES,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 22 words from apse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of apse

apse

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æps/
  • Rhymes: -æps
  • Homophone: apps

Etymology 1

From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “I bind, join”).

Noun

apse (plural apses or apsides)

  1. (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
  2. The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
  3. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
  4. (astronomy, obsolete) Obsolete form of apsis (“the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit”).
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Etymology 2

Noun

apse (plural apses)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree.

Anagrams

  • pase, SEPA, Peas, Paes, PEAs, spae, peas, APEs, Sepa, EAPs, EPAs, apes, PESA

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *apse, from Proto-Indo-European *apsā, from *(H)osp-, already the name of the same tree.

Cognates include Lithuanian ẽpušė, dialectal ãpušė, apušė̃, Old Prussian abse, Proto-Slavic *o(p)sa (Russian оси́на (osína), Ukrainian оси́на (osýna), Belarusian асі́на (asína), all from earlier *o(p)sina, Bulgarian оси́ка (osíka), Czech dialectal and Polish osa, osina), Old High German aspa, Middle High German aspe, German Espe, Old Norse ǫsp, English asp, Swedish asp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [apsɛ]

Noun

apse f (5th declension)

  1. aspen tree (esp. Populus tremula)
    apses koksne ― aspen wood
    smaržīgā apse ― fragrant aspen
    ātraudzīgā apse ― fast-growing aspen
    trīc kā apšu lapa ― (s/he) trembles like an aspen leaf

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References

Anagrams

  • pase

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French abcès, from Latin abscessus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap.se/
  • Hyphenation: ap‧se

Noun

apse (definite accusative apseyi, plural apseler)

  1. (pathology) abscess

Declension

Further reading

  • “apse”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “apse”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Source: wiktionary.org