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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)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of apse

apse pase aspe sape psae spae apes paes aeps eaps peas epas asep saep aesp easp seap esap psea spea pesa epsa sepa espa

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word apse. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in apse.

Definitions and meaning of apse

apse

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. More usually called an apsis.
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • apse chapel
  • apse line
Translations

See also

  • Wikipedia article on Apse.

Etymology 2

Noun

apse (plural apses)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree.

Anagrams

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

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

Declension

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