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

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

E1P3U1L1I1S1

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6-letter words (2 found)

EPULIS,PILEUS,

5-letter words (16 found)

ILEUS,LIEUS,LIPES,PILES,PILUS,PLIES,PLUES,PULES,PULIS,PULSE,PUSLE,SLIPE,SPEIL,SPIEL,SPILE,SPULE,

4-letter words (28 found)

ISLE,LEIS,LEPS,LIES,LIEU,LIPE,LIPS,LISP,LUES,PELS,PIES,PILE,PISE,PLIE,PLUE,PLUS,PULE,PULI,PULS,SEIL,SILE,SIPE,SLIP,SLUE,SPIE,SPUE,SUPE,ULES,

3-letter words (26 found)

ELS,LEI,LEP,LES,LEU,LIE,LIP,LIS,PEL,PES,PIE,PIS,PIU,PLU,PSI,PUL,PUS,SEI,SEL,SIP,SUE,SUI,SUP,ULE,UPS,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EL,ES,IS,LI,PE,PI,SI,UP,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of epulis

epulis

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin epūlis.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈpju.lɪs/
  • Rhymes: -uːlɪs

Noun

epulis (plural epulides)

  1. (medicine) A hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.

References

  • “epulis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • pileus

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin epūlis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈepulis/, [ˈe̞pulis̠]
  • Rhymes: -epulis
  • Syllabification(key): e‧pu‧lis

Noun

epulis

  1. (medicine) epulis

Declension

Latin

Pronunciation

  • epūlis: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈpu.lis/, [eˈpuːlis]
  • epulīs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pu.liːs/, [ˈɛpʊlʲiːs̠]
  • epulīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.pu.lis/, [ˈɛːpulis]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπουλῐ́ς (epoulís, “growth on the gums”).

Noun

epūlis f (genitive epūlidos); third declension (New Latin)

  1. (medicine) A growth on the gum; an epulis.
Inflection

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

1In poetry.

Descendants
  • → English: epulis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

epulīs n

  1. dative/ablative plural of epulum

epulīs f (plural only)

  1. dative/ablative of epulae

Source: wiktionary.org