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Is costus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is costus a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3O1S1T1U1S1

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6-letter words (3 found)

COSTUS,CUSTOS,SCOUTS,

5-letter words (8 found)

COSTS,CUSSO,OUSTS,SCOTS,SCOUT,SCUTS,SOUCT,SOUTS,

4-letter words (15 found)

COSS,COST,COTS,CUSS,CUTS,OUST,OUTS,SCOT,SCUT,SOCS,SOTS,SOUS,SOUT,TOCS,TOSS,

3-letter words (12 found)

COS,COT,CUT,OUS,OUT,SOC,SOS,SOT,SOU,SUS,TOC,UTS,

2-letter words (7 found)

OS,OU,SO,ST,TO,US,UT,

You can make 45 words from costus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of costus

costus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒstəs/

Noun

costus (plural costuses)

  1. A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
  2. Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.

Derived terms

  • costusroot

Translations

Further reading

  • Costus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Costus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Saussurea costus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Saussurea costus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Saussurea costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • “costus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “costus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Putchock in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Anagrams

  • SCOTUS, Scouts, custos, scouts

Welsh

Etymology

From cost +‎ -us.

Adjective

costus (feminine singular costus, plural costus, equative mor gostus, comparative mwy costus, superlative mwyaf costus)

  1. costly, expensive, dear
    Synonyms: prid, drud

Derived terms

  • costusrwydd

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “costus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Source: wiktionary.org