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Yes. The word clavus is a Scrabble US word. The word clavus is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

CLAVUS,

5-letter words (2 found)

CAULS,ULVAS,

4-letter words (12 found)

ALUS,CALS,CAUL,LACS,LAVS,LUVS,SAUL,SCUL,ULVA,UVAS,VACS,VAUS,

3-letter words (15 found)

ALS,ALU,CAL,LAC,LAS,LAV,LUV,SAC,SAL,SAU,SAV,UVA,VAC,VAS,VAU,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AS,LA,US,

You can make 34 words from clavus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clavus

clavus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāvus (“a nail”). Doublet of clove.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪvəs

Noun

clavus (plural clavuses or clavi)

  1. A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-o-s, from *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “key”) and Old Church Slavonic ключь (ključĭ, “key”). Latin clāvis (“key”) is either a secondary i-stem derivation, or a loanword from Ancient Greek κληΐς (klēḯs).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.u̯us/, [ˈkɫ̪äːu̯ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkla.vus/, [ˈkläːvus]

Noun

clāvus m (genitive clāvī); second declension

  1. a nail (metal spike)
  2. rudder
  3. helm (of a boat)
  4. purple stripe on the tunic
  5. callus, wart, tumor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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References

  • “clavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “clavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clavus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • clavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • “clavus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “clavus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “clavus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 158
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “clavus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 768

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French clavus or Latin clavus.

Noun

clavus n (plural clavusuri)

  1. clavus

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