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Is cess a Scrabble word?

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

C3E1S1S1

Is cess a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3E1S1S1

Is cess a Words With Friends word?

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

C4E1S1S1

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4-letter words (2 found)

CESS,SECS,

3-letter words (2 found)

ESS,SEC,

2-letter words (1 found)

ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 6 words from cess according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cess

cess ecss cses sces escs secs cess ecss cses sces escs secs csse scse csse scse ssce ssce essc sesc essc sesc ssec ssec

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Definitions and meaning of cess

cess

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when Samuel Lover used the expression as one already long-established. He unambiguously stated the derivation of cess in the malediction bad cess to be an abbreviation of success. OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

  1. (British, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
  2. (British, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
  3. (obsolete) Bound; measure.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

  1. (British, Ireland) To levy a cess.
Derived terms
  • bad cess
  • good cess
See also
  • cease
  • cessation

Etymology 2

Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”. According to the OED, from earlier suspiral (“water pipe, setting tank”).

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

  1. (rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
  2. (obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.
  3. (obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.
Derived terms
  • cess path
  • cess heave

See also

  • cesspool
  • cesspit

References

Etymology 3

From French cesser. See cease.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

  1. (obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.

Anagrams

  • CSEs, ECSS, ESCs, secs, secs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • Cess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

cess m (definite singular cessen, indefinite plural cessar, definite plural cessane)

  1. (music) C-flat

Derived terms

  • cess-dur m

Swedish

Noun

cess n

  1. C-flat

Declension

Related terms

  • ciss

References


Source: wiktionary.org