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Is caulis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word caulis is a Scrabble US word. The word caulis is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is caulis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word caulis is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (2 found)

CAULIS,CLUSIA,

5-letter words (6 found)

AULIC,CAULS,LAICS,SALIC,SCAIL,SULCI,

4-letter words (13 found)

AILS,ALUS,ASCI,CALS,CAUL,LACS,LAIC,LIAS,SAIC,SAIL,SAUL,SCUL,SIAL,

3-letter words (15 found)

AIL,AIS,ALS,ALU,CAL,CIS,LAC,LAS,LIS,SAC,SAI,SAL,SAU,SIC,SUI,

2-letter words (8 found)

AI,AL,AS,IS,LA,LI,SI,US,

You can make 44 words from caulis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caulis

caulis

Etymology 1

From Latin caulis. Doublet of cole, gobi, and kale.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːlɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːlɪs

Noun

caulis (plural caules)

  1. (architecture) Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.
  2. (botany) The stalk of a plant, especially a herbaceous stem in its natural state.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

caulis

  1. plural of cauli

Anagrams

  • aulics, clusia, sicula

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cōlis

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.lis/, [ˈkäu̯lʲɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.lis/, [ˈkäːu̯lis]

Etymology 1

Noun

caulīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of caulae

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis. Cognate with Sanskrit कुल्या (kulyā), Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem”), Latvian kauls (“bone”), Old Irish cúal (“bundle of sticks”), and perhaps Old Armenian ցօղուն (cʻōłun, “stalk; straw”).

Alternative forms

  • cōlis
  • coles

Noun

caulis m (genitive caulis); third declension

  1. stalk, stem
  2. stem of a cabbage
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms
  • cauliculus
  • cauliculatus
Descendants
Borrowings

References

  • “caulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org