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Is fossor a Scrabble word?

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

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Is fossor a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4O1S1S1O1R1

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6-letter words (1 found)

FOSSOR,

5-letter words (1 found)

ROOFS,

4-letter words (7 found)

FOOS,FOSS,FROS,OOFS,ORFS,ROOF,ROOS,

3-letter words (10 found)

FOO,FOR,FRO,OOF,OOR,OOS,ORF,ORS,ROO,SOS,

2-letter words (5 found)

OF,OO,OR,OS,SO,

You can make 24 words from fossor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fossor

fossor

Etymology

From Latin fossor (“digger; gravedigger”), from fodiō (“dig”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɒsə(ɹ)/

Noun

fossor (plural fossors)

  1. (historical) A gravedigger in the catacombs of Ancient Rome.
  2. A type of mole cricket, Gryllotalpa fossor, known for its digging abilities.

Synonyms

  • (type of mole cricket): scudder

Latin

Etymology

From fodiō (“dig; mine, quarry”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.sor/, [ˈfɔs̠ːɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfos.sor/, [ˈfɔsːor]

Noun

fossor m (genitive fossōris); third declension

  1. A digger, delver, ditcher.
  2. A workman in a mine; miner.
  3. A gravedigger.
  4. A common labourer; clown.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: fossor

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org