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Yes. The word cause is a Scrabble US word. The word cause is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cause is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

CAUSE,SAUCE,

4-letter words (7 found)

ACES,AESC,CASE,CEAS,CUES,EAUS,ECUS,

3-letter words (13 found)

ACE,AUE,CUE,EAS,EAU,ECU,SAC,SAE,SAU,SEA,SEC,SUE,USE,

2-letter words (5 found)

AE,AS,EA,ES,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from cause according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cause

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Definitions and meaning of cause

cause

Etymology

  • From Middle English cause (also with the sense of “a thing”), borrowed from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), borrowed from Latin causa (“reason, sake, cause”), from Proto-Italic *kaussā, which is of unknown origin. Doublet of chose (“(law) a thing; personal property”). See accuse, excuse, recuse, ruse. Displaced native Old English intinga.
  • From Middle English causen, Old French causer and Medieval Latin causāre.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA(key): /kɔːz/, [kʰoːz̥]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɔz/, [kʰɒːz̥]
  • (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɑz/
  • Homophones: caws, 'cause; cores (non-rhotic dialects)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːz

Noun

cause (countable and uncountable, plural causes)

  1. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause
    Antonyms: effect; see also Thesaurus:cause
  2. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason.
    Synonyms: grounds, justification
  4. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:goal
  5. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
  6. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
  7. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • effect

Verb

cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused)

  1. (transitive) To set off an event or action.
  2. (ditransitive) To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
  3. (obsolete) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • causation
  • cause a stir
  • causer

Translations

Conjunction

cause

  1. Alternative form of 'cause; because

See also

  • cause célèbre

Further reading

  • “cause”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “cause”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “cause”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • -sauce, Eacus, sauce

Asturian

Verb

cause

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of causar

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koz/
  • Homophones: causent, causes

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French cause, borrowed from Classical Latin causa. Compare chose, an inherited doublet.

Noun

cause f (plural causes)

  1. cause
    Antonym: conséquence
  2. (law) case (a legal proceeding)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cause

  1. inflection of causer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • sauce, sceau

Galician

Verb

cause

  1. inflection of causar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

cause f pl

  1. plural of causa

Anagrams

  • ucase

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cause.

Noun

cause (plural causes)

  1. cause
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
      He knew the cause of everich maladye
      He knew the cause of every illness

Descendants

  • English: cause

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cause, borrowed from Latin causa.

Noun

cause f (plural causes)

  1. (Jersey, law) case

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin causa, whence the inherited chose.

Noun

cause oblique singular, f (oblique plural causes, nominative singular cause, nominative plural causes)

  1. cause

Descendants

  • Middle English: cause
    • English: cause
  • Middle French: cause
    • French: cause
  • Norman: cause

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -awzi, (Portugal) -awzɨ
  • Hyphenation: cau‧se

Verb

cause

  1. inflection of causar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkause/ [ˈkau̯.se]
  • Rhymes: -ause
  • Syllabification: cau‧se

Verb

cause

  1. inflection of causar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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