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Is carex a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word carex is a Scrabble US word. The word carex is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

C3A1R1E1X8

Is carex a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word carex is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3A1R1E1X8

Is carex a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carex is a Words With Friends word. The word carex is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

CAREX,

4-letter words (4 found)

ACER,ACRE,CARE,RACE,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACE,ARC,ARE,AXE,CAR,EAR,ERA,RAX,REC,REX,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AR,AX,EA,ER,EX,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from carex according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of carex

carex acrex craex rcaex arcex racex caerx acerx cearx ecarx aecrx eacrx creax rceax cerax ecrax recax ercax arecx raecx aercx earcx reacx eracx carxe acrxe craxe rcaxe arcxe racxe caxre acxre cxare xcare axcre xacre crxae rcxae cxrae xcrae rxcae xrcae arxce raxce axrce xarce rxace xrace caexr acexr ceaxr ecaxr aecxr eacxr caxer acxer cxaer xcaer axcer xacer cexar ecxar cxear xcear excar xecar aexcr eaxcr axecr xaecr exacr xeacr crexa rcexa cerxa ecrxa recxa ercxa crxea rcxea cxrea xcrea rxcea xrcea cexra ecxra cxera xcera excra xecra rexca erxca rxeca xreca exrca xerca arexc raexc aerxc earxc reaxc eraxc arxec raxec axrec xarec rxaec xraec aexrc eaxrc axerc xaerc exarc xearc rexac erxac rxeac xreac exrac xerac

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Definitions and meaning of carex

carex

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Etymology

Latin carex

Noun

carex (plural carexes or carices)

  1. Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cārix

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to carrō (“I card”); see English card (sense 2). However, compare Welsh cors (“reeds, bog”), Irish corrach (“marsh, bog”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.reks/, [ˈkäːrɛks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.reks/, [ˈkäːreks]

Noun

cārex f (genitive cāricis); third declension

  1. sedge
    Synonym: ulva

Declension

  • Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • cārectum

Descendants

  • Catalan: carç
  • Italian: carice
  • Venetian: caréto
    • → Cimbrian: karìtz
  • Mozarabic: [script needed] (qárriči)
    • → Catalan: càrritx
  • Vulgar Latin: *cariceus
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: carriço
      • Galician: carrizo
      • Portuguese: carriço
    • Spanish: carrizo
  • → English: carex
  • → French: carex
  • → Translingual: Carex

References

  • “carex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “carex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • carex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “cārex”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 100

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