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Yes. The word compass is a Scrabble US word. The word compass is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is compass a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word compass is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word compass is a Words With Friends word. The word compass is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

COMPASS,

6-letter words (4 found)

CAMPOS,COMPAS,SCAMPS,SCOPAS,

5-letter words (19 found)

APSOS,CAMOS,CAMPO,CAMPS,CAPOS,COMAS,COMPS,PACOS,PSOAS,SAMPS,SCAMP,SCAMS,SCOPA,SCOPS,SOAPS,SOCAS,SOMAS,SPAMS,SPASM,

4-letter words (46 found)

AMPS,APOS,APSO,ASPS,CAMO,CAMP,CAMS,CAPO,CAPS,COMA,COMP,COMS,COPS,COSS,MACS,MAPS,MASS,MOAS,MOCS,MOPS,MOSS,OCAS,OMAS,OPAS,OSSA,PACO,PACS,PAMS,PASS,POAS,POMS,POSS,SACS,SAMP,SAMS,SAPS,SCAM,SCOP,SOAP,SOCA,SOCS,SOMA,SOMS,SOPS,SPAM,SPAS,

3-letter words (35 found)

AMP,APO,ASP,ASS,CAM,CAP,COP,COS,MAC,MAP,MAS,MOA,MOC,MOP,MOS,OCA,OMA,OMS,OPA,OPS,PAC,PAM,PAS,POA,POM,POS,SAC,SAM,SAP,SMA,SOC,SOM,SOP,SOS,SPA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AM,AS,MA,MO,OM,OP,OS,PA,PO,SO,

You can make 115 words from compass according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of compass

compass

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kŭmʹpəs, IPA(key): /ˈkʌmpəs/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmpəs
  • Hyphenation: com‧pass

Etymology 1

From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”); see pass, pace.

Noun

compass (plural compasses)

  1. A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
    • 1689/1690, John Locke, On improvement of understanding
      He that [...] first discovered the use of the compass [...] did more for the propagation of knowledge [...] than those who built workhouses.
  2. A pair of compasses (a device used to draw an arc or circle).
  3. (music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
  4. (obsolete) A space within limits; an area.
  5. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
  6. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
  8. (formal) Synonym of scope.
  9. (obsolete) Range, reach.
  10. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
Synonyms
  • (magnetic direction finder): magnetic compass
  • (device used to draw circular curves): pair of compasses
Hyponyms
  • (pair of compasses): beam compass
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English compassen (“to go around, make a circuit, draw a circle, contrive, intend”), from Old French compasser; from the noun; see compass as a noun.

Verb

compass (third-person singular simple present compasses, present participle compassing, simple past and past participle compassed)

  1. To surround; to encircle; to environ; to stretch round.
  2. To go about or round entirely; to traverse.
  3. (dated) To accomplish; to reach; to achieve; to obtain.
  4. (dated) To plot; to scheme (against someone).
    • 1794 November 1, Speech of Mr. Erskine in Behalf of Hardy, published in 1884, by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, in Select British Eloquence, page 719:
      But it went beyond it by the loose construction of compassing to depose the King, [...]
Synonyms
  • (surround): encircle, environ, surround
  • (go about or around entirely): cover, traverse
  • (accomplish): accomplish, achieve, attain, gain, get to, reach
  • (plot (against someone)): conspire, plot, scheme
Translations

Adverb

compass (comparative more compass, superlative most compass)

  1. (obsolete) In a circuit; round about.

References

  • “compass”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “compass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

compass

  1. Alternative form of compas

Source: wiktionary.org