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Is cero a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cero is a Scrabble US word. The word cero is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is cero a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cero is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

C3E1R1O1

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Yes. The word cero is a Words With Friends word. The word cero is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

CERO,CORE,

3-letter words (8 found)

COR,ECO,ORC,ORE,REC,REO,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (4 found)

ER,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from cero according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cero

cero ecro creo rceo erco reco ceor ecor coer ocer eocr oecr croe rcoe core ocre roce orce eroc reoc eorc oerc roec orec

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Definitions and meaning of cero

cero

Etymology

Corruption of Spanish sierra (“sawfish”).

Noun

cero (plural ceros or ceroes)

  1. A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.

References

  • Cero (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Scomberomorus regalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Scomberomorus regalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • -core, CORE, Core, ROCE, co-r.e., core, creo, ocre

Asturian

Numeral

cero

  1. zero

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

  1. zero

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cervus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈse.ɾu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈse.ɾo]

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

  1. (Balearic) Alternative form of cérvol (“deer”)

Further reading

  • “cero” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾo
  • Hyphenation: ce‧ro

Numeral

cero (indeclinable)

  1. zero

Further reading

  • “cero” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cēreus. Doublet of cereo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: cé‧ro

Noun

cero m (plural ceri)

  1. long church candle

Related terms

Anagrams

  • core, creo, creò, ocre, reco, recò

Latin

Etymology

From cēra (“wax”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkeː.roː/, [ˈkeːroː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ro/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːro]

Verb

cērō (present infinitive cērāre, perfect active cērāvī, supine cērātum); first conjugation

  1. to smear or coat with wax

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin zerum, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Andalusian Arabic صِفْر (ṣífr), from Classical Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, nothing, empty, void”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθeɾo/ [ˈθe.ɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈseɾo/ [ˈse.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: ce‧ro

Numeral

cero

  1. zero

Noun

cero m (plural ceros)

  1. zero

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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