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Is fomes a Scrabble word?

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

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Is fomes a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4O1M3E1S1

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5-letter words (1 found)

FOMES,

4-letter words (6 found)

EMOS,FEMS,FOES,MOES,MOSE,SOME,

3-letter words (13 found)

EFS,EMO,EMS,FEM,FES,FOE,MES,MOE,MOS,OES,OMS,OSE,SOM,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,EM,ES,FE,ME,MO,OE,OF,OM,OS,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from fomes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of fomes

fomes ofmes fmoes mfoes omfes mofes foems ofems feoms efoms oefms eofms fmeos mfeos femos efmos mefos emfos omefs moefs oemfs eomfs meofs emofs fomse ofmse fmose mfose omfse mofse fosme ofsme fsome sfome osfme sofme fmsoe mfsoe fsmoe sfmoe msfoe smfoe omsfe mosfe osmfe somfe msofe smofe foesm ofesm feosm efosm oefsm eofsm fosem ofsem fsoem sfoem osfem sofem fesom efsom fseom sfeom esfom sefom oesfm eosfm osefm soefm esofm seofm fmeso mfeso femso efmso mefso emfso fmseo mfseo fsmeo sfmeo msfeo smfeo fesmo efsmo fsemo sfemo esfmo sefmo mesfo emsfo msefo smefo esmfo semfo omesf moesf oemsf eomsf meosf emosf omsef mosef osmef somef msoef smoef oesmf eosmf osemf soemf esomf seomf mesof emsof mseof smeof esmof semof

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Definitions and meaning of fomes

fomes

Etymology

From medical Latin fōmes (“fomite”), a figurative extension of its original sense of kindling, tinder, &c. Gradually supplanted in use by fomite, a mistaken backformation of its plural form fomites, from Latin fōmitēs.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊmiːz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.miːz/

Noun

fomes (plural fomites)

  1. (obsolete, medicine) The morbid matter created by a disease.
  2. (archaic, medicine) Synonym of fomite: a substance able to communicate infection between people.
  3. (archaic, figurative) Anything which similarly facilitates the spread of something similarly deleterious.

References

  • “fomes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “fomes, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1897.

Anagrams

  • MEFOs

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-. Related to Latin foveō (“I keep warm”), compare Latin fōmentum (“compress, poultice; kindling; mitigation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoː.mes/, [ˈfoːmɛs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.mes/, [ˈfɔːmes]

Noun

fōmes f (genitive fōmitis); third declension

  1. tinder, kindling
  2. (Medieval Latin) tinderbox
  3. (New Latin, medicine) fomite

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

  • “fomes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fomes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fomes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

fomes

  1. plural of fome

Portuguese

Noun

fomes

  1. plural of fome

Spanish

Adjective

fomes

  1. plural of fome

Source: wiktionary.org