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Is herpes a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word herpes is a Scrabble US word. The word herpes is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is herpes a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word herpes is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word herpes is a Words With Friends word. The word herpes is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

HERPES,PHEERS,SPHERE,

5-letter words (14 found)

HERES,HERSE,PEERS,PERES,PERSE,PHEER,PHESE,PREES,PRESE,SHEEP,SHEER,SHERE,SPEER,SPREE,

4-letter words (17 found)

ERES,HEPS,HERE,HERS,HESP,PEER,PEES,PEHS,PERE,PREE,REES,REHS,REPS,RESH,SEEP,SEER,SERE,

3-letter words (18 found)

EHS,ERE,ERS,HEP,HER,HES,PEE,PEH,PER,PES,PRE,REE,REH,REP,RES,SEE,SER,SHE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EH,ER,ES,HE,PE,RE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from herpes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of herpes

herpes

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ).piz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɚ.piz/

Noun

herpes (plural herpeses)

  1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Synonyms

  • herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

Hyponyms

  • herpes simplex
  • herpes zoster

Derived terms

Related terms

  • herpetology (“the branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians”)

Translations

Further reading

  • “herpes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “herpes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “herpes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

Asturian

Noun

herpes

  1. plural of herpe

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛr.pəs]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈeɾ.pes]

Noun

herpes m (invariable)

  1. herpes

Derived terms

  • herpes zòster

Further reading

  • “herpes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “herpes”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “herpes” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “herpes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛrpɛs]

Noun

herpes m inan

  1. herpes
    Synonym: opar

Declension

Further reading

  • herpes in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • herpes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • herpes in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

herpes

  1. herpes

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English herpes), ultimately from Latin herpēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈherpes/, [ˈhe̞rpe̞s̠]
  • Rhymes: -erpes
  • Syllabification(key): her‧pes

Noun

herpes

  1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “herpes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

Noun

herpes

  1. herpes
    • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛr.pes/

Noun

herpes m

  1. herpes

Synonyms

  • (rare) erpete

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛrpeːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.pes/, [ˈɛrpes]

Noun

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

  1. herpes
  2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: her‧pes

Noun

herpes m or f (invariable)

  1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French herpès, from Latin herpes.

Noun

herpes n (plural herpesuri)

  1. herpes

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾpes/ [ˈeɾ.pes]
  • Rhymes: -eɾpes
  • Syllabification: her‧pes

Noun

herpes m (plural herpes)

  1. herpes
  2. cold sore
    Synonym: calentura

Further reading

  • “herpes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

herpes c

  1. herpes

References

  • herpes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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