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Is gyrus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gyrus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word gyrus is a Words With Friends word. The word gyrus is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

GYRUS,SURGY,

4-letter words (5 found)

GURS,GUYS,RUGS,RYUS,YUGS,

3-letter words (10 found)

GUR,GUS,GUY,RUG,RYU,SUG,SUR,UGS,YUG,YUS,

2-letter words (5 found)

GU,UG,UR,US,YU,

You can make 22 words from gyrus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of gyrus

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Definitions and meaning of gyrus

gyrus

Etymology

From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/

Noun

gyrus (plural gyri or gyruses)

  1. (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
    Synonym: (dated) gyre

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Anagrams

  • surgy

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin gyrus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡyːrus/, [ˈɡyːrus̠]

Noun

gyrus

  1. (medical terminology) Synonym of aivopoimu (“gyrus”).

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡyː.rus/, [ˈɡyːrʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.rus/, [ˈd͡ʒiːrus]

Noun

gȳrus m (genitive gȳrī); second declension

  1. circle
  2. a circular motion
  3. a circuit, course, ring
  4. (by extension) place where horses are trained

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • gȳrō

Related terms

  • gȳrātus

Descendants

References

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

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