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Is foetus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word foetus is a Scrabble US word. The word foetus is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is foetus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word foetus is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (3 found)

FOETUS,FOUEST,FOUETS,

5-letter words (4 found)

FETUS,FOUET,TOFUS,TOUSE,

4-letter words (19 found)

EFTS,FEST,FETS,FEUS,FOES,FOUS,FUSE,FUST,OUST,OUTS,SOFT,SOUT,SUET,TEFS,TOES,TOFU,TOSE,UFOS,UTES,

3-letter words (24 found)

EFS,EFT,EST,FES,FET,FEU,FOE,FOU,OES,OFT,OSE,OUS,OUT,SET,SOT,SOU,SUE,TEF,TES,TOE,UFO,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (15 found)

EF,ES,ET,FE,FU,OE,OF,OS,OU,SO,ST,TE,TO,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 66 words from foetus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of foetus

foetus

Pronunciation

Noun

foetus (plural foetuses or foetus or (hypercorrect) foeti)

  1. (chiefly UK) Alternative spelling of fetus

Usage notes

The form fetus is the primary spelling in the United States, Canada, and in the scientific community, whereas foetus is still commonly used in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth nations. Sometimes considered less correct than fetus and suggested to be abandoned.

Derived terms

  • foetal

References

Anagrams

  • fouets

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin fētus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈføːtʏs/
  • Hyphenation: foe‧tus

Noun

foetus n or m (plural foetussen, diminutive foetusje n)

  1. fetus

Derived terms

  • feut

Latin

Etymology

Introduced after 600 C.E. by Isidorus (c. 560–636 C.E.), who wrote “Etymologies”, much of which was erroneous, partly because his Latin was, as described, “not pure”, and appears to have been misled by the Ancient Greek φοιτός (phoitós), itself a later corruption of φυτός (phutós, fertile).

Pronunciation

  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.tus/, [ˈfɛːt̪us]

Adjective

foetus (feminine foeta, neuter foetum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Alternative form of fētus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

foetus m (genitive foetūs); fourth declension

  1. Alternative form of fētus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

References

Further reading

  • foetus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • foetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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