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Is carious a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word carious is a Scrabble US word. The word carious is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

C3A1R1I1O1U1S1

Is carious a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word carious is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3A1R1I1O1U1S1

Is carious a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word carious is a Words With Friends word. The word carious is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1R1I1O1U2S1

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7-letter words (2 found)

CARIOUS,CURIOSA,

6-letter words (6 found)

CAURIS,CURIAS,CURIOS,SCORIA,SOUARI,SOUCAR,

5-letter words (20 found)

ACROS,ARCOS,ARCUS,AURIC,AURIS,CAURI,COIRS,CORIA,COURS,CRIAS,CRIOS,CURIA,CURIO,CURSI,ORCAS,OSCAR,SCAUR,SCOUR,SIROC,URAOS,

4-letter words (40 found)

ACRO,AIRS,ARCO,ARCS,ARIS,ASCI,CARS,CIAO,COIR,CORS,COUR,CRIA,CRIS,CRUS,CURS,OARS,OCAS,ORCA,ORCS,OSAR,OURS,RAIS,RIAS,ROCS,RUCS,RUSA,SAIC,SAIR,SARI,SCAR,SCUR,SOAR,SOCA,SORA,SORI,SOUR,SURA,URAO,URIC,URSA,

3-letter words (36 found)

AIR,AIS,ARC,ARS,CAR,CIS,COR,COS,CRU,CUR,IOS,ISO,OAR,OCA,OIS,ORA,ORC,ORS,OUR,OUS,RAI,RAS,RIA,ROC,RUC,SAC,SAI,SAR,SAU,SIC,SIR,SOC,SOU,SRI,SUI,SUR,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AR,AS,IO,IS,OI,OR,OS,OU,SI,SO,UR,US,

You can make 117 words from carious according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of carious

carious

Etymology

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariēs (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from careō (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kazēō (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -ōsus (“suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘full of, prone to’”), from Old Latin -ōsos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɛə.ɹi.əs/
  • (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɚ.i.əs/, (among careful speakers) /ˈkæɹ.i.əs/
  • (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹ.i.əs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs
  • Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧ous

Adjective

carious (comparative more carious, superlative most carious)

  1. Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

Derived terms

  • cariousness

Related terms

  • caries
  • dental caries

Translations

Further reading

  • tooth decay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • curiosa

Source: wiktionary.org