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Yes. The word fissure is a Scrabble US word. The word fissure is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word fissure is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (3 found)

FISSURE,FUSSIER,SURFIES,

6-letter words (8 found)

FRISES,FURIES,FUSSER,ISSUER,SERIFS,SIEURS,SURFIE,URESIS,

5-letter words (23 found)

FIERS,FIRES,FRIES,FRISE,FUSES,ISSUE,REFIS,REIFS,RESUS,RISES,RISUS,RUSES,RUSSE,SEIFS,SEIRS,SERFS,SERIF,SIEUR,SIRES,SUERS,SURES,SURFS,USERS,

4-letter words (37 found)

FEIS,FESS,FEUS,FIER,FIRE,FIRS,FRIS,FURS,FUSE,FUSS,IRES,IURE,REFI,REFS,REIF,REIS,RIFE,RIFS,RISE,RUES,RUSE,SEIF,SEIR,SEIS,SERF,SERS,SIES,SIRE,SIRS,SRIS,SUER,SUES,SURE,SURF,URES,USER,USES,

3-letter words (29 found)

EFS,ERF,ERS,ESS,FER,FES,FEU,FIE,FIR,FUR,IFS,IRE,REF,REI,RES,RIF,RUE,SEI,SER,SIF,SIR,SIS,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,SUS,URE,USE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,ER,ES,FE,FU,IF,IS,RE,SI,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 112 words from fissure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fissure

fissure

Etymology

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) +‎ -tūra (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃ.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ/, /ˈfɪʒ.ɚ/
  • Homophones: Fischer, Fisher, fisher, phisher
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)

Noun

fissure (plural fissures)

  1. A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
    Hyponym: microfissure
  2. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ; a sulcus.
    Hyponyms: anal fissure, anterior median fissure, longitudinal fissure, orbital fissure, palpebral fissure, Rolandic fissure, sylvian fissure
  3. (anatomy) A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
  4. A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
    Synonym: schism

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)

  1. To split, forming fissures.

Derived terms

  • fissuration
  • fissured (adjective)
  • fissuring (noun)

Translations

References

  • “fissure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “fissure”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • fussier, surfies

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin fissūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.syʁ/
  • Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

fissure f (plural fissures)

  1. fissure
    Synonym: fente

Related terms

  • fendre

Descendants

  • → Persian: فیسور (fisur)
  • → Romanian: fisură

See also

  • ouverture

Verb

fissure

  1. inflection of fissurer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “fissure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Participle

fissūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of fissūrus

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • ffissure

Etymology

From Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈsiu̯r(ə)/

Noun

fissure (Late Middle English, rare)

  1. (anatomy) fissure, rupture
  2. (surgery) incision

Descendants

  • English: fissure

References

  • “fissūre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Verb

fissure

  1. inflection of fissurar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org