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

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Is caecum a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

CAECUM,

5-letter words (3 found)

CECUM,CUMEC,MECCA,

4-letter words (5 found)

ACME,CAME,CAUM,CECA,MACE,

3-letter words (14 found)

ACE,AME,AMU,AUE,CAM,CUE,CUM,EAU,ECU,EMU,MAC,MAE,MEU,UME,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AM,EA,EM,MA,ME,MU,UM,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from caecum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caecum

caecum

Alternative forms

  • cæcum (obsolete)
  • cecum (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tuphlòn énteron).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiː.kəm/
  • Rhymes: -iːkəm

Noun

caecum (plural caecums or caeca)

  1. (anatomy) A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
    Synonym: blind gut

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Translations

References

  • “caecum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “cecum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • ceacum

French

Noun

caecum f (plural caecums)

  1. Alternative spelling of cæcum

Further reading

  • “caecum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.kum/, [ˈkäe̯kʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.kum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːkum]

Etymology 1

From caecus (“having no light; uncertain, doubtful”).

Noun

caecum n (genitive caecī); second declension

  1. (poetic) Uncertainty, obscurity.
Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

caecum

  1. inflection of caecus:
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

  • “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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