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Yes. The word clypeus is a Scrabble US word. The word clypeus is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is clypeus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word clypeus is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word clypeus is a Words With Friends word. The word clypeus is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CLYPEUS,

6-letter words (4 found)

CLYPES,CUPELS,PUSLEY,SPULYE,

5-letter words (17 found)

CLUES,CLUEY,CLYPE,CUPEL,CUSPY,LUCES,PLUES,PUCES,PULES,PULSE,PUSLE,SCULP,SLYPE,SPULE,UPSEY,YELPS,YULES,

4-letter words (41 found)

CELS,CEPS,CLUE,CUES,CUPS,CUSP,ECUS,ESPY,LEPS,LEYS,LUCE,LUES,LYES,LYSE,PECS,PELS,PLUE,PLUS,PUCE,PULE,PULS,PULY,PUYS,PYES,SCUL,SCUP,SCYE,SLEY,SLUE,SPEC,SPUE,SUPE,SYCE,SYPE,UEYS,ULES,UPSY,YELP,YEPS,YULE,YUPS,

3-letter words (37 found)

CEL,CEP,CLY,CUE,CUP,ECU,ELS,LEP,LES,LEU,LEY,LYE,PEC,PEL,PES,PLU,PLY,PUL,PUS,PUY,PYE,SEC,SEL,SEY,SLY,SPY,SUE,SUP,SYE,UEY,ULE,UPS,USE,YEP,YES,YUP,YUS,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ES,PE,UP,US,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 108 words from clypeus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of clypeus

clypeus

Etymology

From Latin clipeus (“round shield”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɪpɪəs/

Noun

clypeus (plural clypei)

  1. (entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
    • 1990: Cuisinart stuck a human eyelash to his clypeus with saliva, twisted it into a handlebar mustache, and greeted citizens as they arrived at the rim of the sink. — Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
    • 1996: When viewed from the front, the part of the carapace between the anterior eyes and the front edge of the carapace is called the clypeus. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 14)

Derived terms

  • clypeocellar

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkly.pe.us/, [ˈklʲʏpeʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.pe.us/, [ˈkliːpeus]

Noun

clypeus m (genitive clypeī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of clipeus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

  • clypeus 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)

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