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Is coitus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word coitus is a Scrabble US word. The word coitus is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is coitus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word coitus is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is coitus a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word coitus is a Words With Friends word. The word coitus is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

COITUS,

5-letter words (7 found)

COITS,CUITS,CUTIS,ICTUS,SCOUT,SOUCT,STOIC,

4-letter words (19 found)

CIST,CITO,CITS,COIT,COST,COTS,CUIT,CUTS,OTIC,OUST,OUTS,SCOT,SCUT,SOUT,SUIT,TICS,TOCS,TUIS,UTIS,

3-letter words (22 found)

CIS,CIT,COS,COT,CUT,IOS,ISO,ITS,OIS,OUS,OUT,SIC,SIT,SOC,SOT,SOU,SUI,TIC,TIS,TOC,TUI,UTS,

2-letter words (13 found)

IO,IS,IT,OI,OS,OU,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,US,UT,

You can make 62 words from coitus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of coitus

coitus

Alternative forms

  • coetus (rare)

Etymology

From Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.ɪ.təs/, /ˈkɔɪ.təs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪ.təs/, /ˈkoʊ.ɪ.təs/

Noun

coitus (countable and uncountable, plural coituses)

  1. (formal or humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile-vaginal penetration.
    • 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):
      Wolowitz:   Hang on. There really is a lady here?
      Leonard:   Uh-huh.
      Wolowitz:   And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus?
      Leonard:   No, she’s just a friend.
      Wolowitz:   So she’s available for coitus?
      Leonard:   No, she’s – –

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:copulation

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • coetus

Etymology

From coeō +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.i.tus/, [ˈkoɪt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.i.tus/, [ˈkɔːit̪us]

Noun

coitus m (genitive coitūs); fourth declension

  1. a coming or meeting
  2. a joining, combination
  3. sexual intercourse, copulation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • coitus mōre ferārum

Descendants

(all borrowed)

  • Catalan: coit
  • English: coitus
  • Middle French: coit
    • French: coït
      • → Romanian: coit
  • Galician: coito
  • Italian: coito
  • German: Koitus
  • Portuguese: coito
  • Swedish: coitus
  • Ukrainian: ко́їтус (kójitus)

References

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

Swedish

Noun

coitus

  1. (formal) coitus
    Synonym: samlag

Usage notes

Uninflected.

Derived terms

  • coitus interruptus

References

  • coitus in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • coitus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • Fula Ordboken

Source: wiktionary.org