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Yes. The word auceps is a Scrabble US word. The word auceps is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word auceps is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

A1U1C3E1P3S1

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6-letter words (1 found)

AUCEPS,

5-letter words (10 found)

CAPES,CAUPS,CAUSE,PACES,PAUSE,PUCES,SAUCE,SCAPE,SCAUP,SPACE,

4-letter words (27 found)

ACES,AESC,APES,APSE,CAPE,CAPS,CASE,CAUP,CEAS,CEPS,CUES,CUPS,CUSP,EAUS,ECUS,PACE,PACS,PASE,PEAS,PECS,PUCE,SCUP,SPAE,SPEC,SPUE,SUPE,UPAS,

3-letter words (28 found)

ACE,APE,ASP,AUE,CAP,CEP,CUE,CUP,EAS,EAU,ECU,PAC,PAS,PEA,PEC,PES,PUS,SAC,SAE,SAP,SAU,SEA,SEC,SPA,SUE,SUP,UPS,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AS,EA,ES,PA,PE,UP,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 75 words from auceps according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of auceps

auceps

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *awikaps. Equivalent to avis (“bird”) +‎ -ceps (“catcher”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.keps/, [ˈäu̯kɛps̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈäːu̯t͡ʃeps]

Noun

auceps m (genitive aucupis); third declension

  1. a bird-catcher; fowler
  2. (figuratively) eavesdropper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • auceps syllabārum
  • aucupor

Related terms

References

  • “auceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “auceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • auceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “auceps”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “auceps”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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