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Is autopsy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word autopsy is a Scrabble US word. The word autopsy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is autopsy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word autopsy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

A1U1T1O1P3S1Y4

Is autopsy a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word autopsy is a Words With Friends word. The word autopsy is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

AUTOPSY,PAYOUTS,

6-letter words (5 found)

ASPOUT,OUTSAY,PAYOUT,SPOUTY,UPSTAY,

5-letter words (21 found)

ATOPY,AUTOS,OUPAS,PASTY,PATSY,PATUS,POTSY,POUTS,POUTY,PYATS,PYOTS,SOAPY,SOUPY,SPOUT,SPUTA,STOUP,STUPA,TAPUS,TOUSY,TYPOS,YAUPS,

4-letter words (62 found)

APOS,APSO,APTS,ATOP,AUTO,AYUS,OAST,OATS,OATY,OPAS,OPTS,OPUS,OUPA,OUPS,OUST,OUTA,OUTS,PAST,PATS,PATU,PATY,PAYS,POAS,POST,POSY,POTS,POUT,PUTS,PUYS,PYAS,PYAT,PYOT,SAUT,SOAP,SOUP,SOUT,SOYA,SPAT,SPAY,SPOT,STAP,STAY,STOA,STOP,TAOS,TAPS,TAPU,TAUS,TAYS,TOPS,TOSA,TOYS,TUPS,TYPO,UPAS,UPSY,UPTA,UTAS,YAPS,YAUP,YOUS,YUPS,

3-letter words (54 found)

APO,APT,ASP,ATS,AYS,AYU,OAT,OPA,OPS,OPT,OUP,OUS,OUT,OYS,PAS,PAT,PAY,POA,POS,POT,PST,PUS,PUT,PUY,PYA,SAP,SAT,SAU,SAY,SOP,SOT,SOU,SOY,SPA,SPY,STY,SUP,TAO,TAP,TAS,TAU,TAY,TOP,TOY,TUP,UPO,UPS,UTA,UTS,YAP,YAS,YOU,YUP,YUS,

2-letter words (19 found)

AS,AT,AY,OP,OS,OU,OY,PA,PO,SO,ST,TA,TO,UP,US,UT,YA,YO,YU,

You can make 163 words from autopsy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of autopsy

autopsy

Alternative forms

  • autopsia (archaic)

Etymology

From New Latin autopsia, from Ancient Greek αὐτοψῐ́ᾱ (autopsíā, “seeing with one's own eyes”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ôʹtŏpsē, IPA(key): /ˈɔːtɒpsiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔtɑpsi/
    • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑtɑpsi/
  • Hyphenation: au‧top‧sy

Noun

autopsy (plural autopsies)

  1. A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
  2. An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
    • 1977, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Washington State University. Computer Science Dept, Proceedings of Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula (issue 8)
      This lack of built-in clutter makes the system easy to comprehend. Debugging facilities are few but powerful: snapshots, tracing, and autopsy.
  3. (rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.

Usage notes

  • The term necropsy is usually used for non-human animals, with autopsy reserved for human beings.

Synonyms

  • (dissection of a cadaver): necropsy, necrotomy; postmortem
  • (after the fact examination): postmortem

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Verb

autopsy (third-person singular simple present autopsies, present participle autopsying, simple past and past participle autopsied)

  1. (transitive) To perform an autopsy on.
  2. (transitive) To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.
    • 1977, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Washington State University. Computer Science Dept, Proceedings of Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula (issue 8)
      The user may define his own errors, and use DUMPAL to autopsy the system for him.

Derived terms

  • autopsier

Translations

Anagrams

  • outpays, payouts

Source: wiktionary.org