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Is cornus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is cornus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is cornus a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cornus is a Words With Friends word. The word cornus is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

CORNUS,

5-letter words (11 found)

CONUS,CORNS,CORNU,COURS,CRONS,CURNS,ONCUS,SCORN,SCOUR,UNCOS,URSON,

4-letter words (22 found)

CONS,CORN,CORS,COUR,CRON,CRUS,CURN,CURS,NOUS,NURS,ONUS,ORCS,OURN,OURS,ROCS,RUCS,RUNS,SCUR,SORN,SOUR,UNCO,URNS,

3-letter words (24 found)

CON,COR,COS,CRU,CUR,NOR,NOS,NUR,NUS,ONS,ORC,ORS,OUR,OUS,ROC,RUC,RUN,SOC,SON,SOU,SUN,SUR,UNS,URN,

2-letter words (10 found)

NO,NU,ON,OR,OS,OU,SO,UN,UR,US,

You can make 68 words from cornus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cornus

cornus

Noun

cornus (plural cornuses)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Cornus of dogwoods.

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

cornus

  1. masculine plural of cornu

Anagrams

  • curons

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown. Akin to Ancient Greek κράνος (krános), κράνον (kránon, “cornel”).

Noun

cornus f (genitive cornī); second declension
cornus f (genitive cornūs); fourth declension

  1. cornel, dogwood (tree and fruit)
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • corneus
  • cornētum
  • cornulus
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kornul (see there for further descendants)
  • Vulgar Latin: *cornus putridus
    • Galician: *corno pudrio
      • Galician: capudre, capudrio, capudro, capurro, carnapudeiro, cornabude, cornabullo, cornapuz
  • Vulgar Latin: *cornus cerasius
    • Galician: *corno cereixo
      • Galician: cancereixo, canfreixo, escancrés
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cornū (“horn”)

Noun

cornūs

  1. genitive singular of cornū

References

  • “cornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cornus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • cornū in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Source: wiktionary.org