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Is icterus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is icterus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is icterus a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (4 found)

CUITERS,CURIETS,CURITES,ICTERUS,

6-letter words (26 found)

CESTUI,CITERS,CITRUS,CRUETS,CRUISE,CRUSET,CRUSIE,CUEIST,CUITER,CURETS,CURIES,CURIET,CURITE,CUTIES,ERUCTS,RECITS,RECTUS,RECUTS,RICTUS,RUSTIC,STERIC,SUITER,TRICES,TRUCES,URETIC,URITES,

5-letter words (55 found)

CERTS,CESTI,CIRES,CITER,CITES,CREST,CRIES,CRISE,CRITS,CRUES,CRUET,CRUSE,CRUST,CUITS,CURES,CURET,CURIE,CURSE,CURSI,CURST,CUTER,CUTES,CUTIE,CUTIS,ECRUS,ERICS,ERUCT,ETICS,ETUIS,ICERS,ICTUS,RECIT,RECTI,RECUT,REIST,RESIT,RICES,RITES,SCUTE,SERIC,SIEUR,STIRE,STURE,SUCRE,SUITE,TICES,TIERS,TIRES,TRICE,TRIES,TRUCE,TRUES,UREIC,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (67 found)

CERT,CIRE,CIST,CITE,CITS,CRIS,CRIT,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CUIT,CURE,CURS,CURT,CUTE,CUTS,ECRU,ECUS,ERIC,ERST,ETIC,ETUI,ICER,ICES,IRES,IURE,RECS,REIS,REST,RETS,RICE,RISE,RITE,RITS,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SCUR,SCUT,SECT,SEIR,SICE,SIRE,SITE,STIE,STIR,SUER,SUET,SUIT,SURE,TECS,TICE,TICS,TIER,TIES,TIRE,TRES,TRIE,TRUE,TUIS,URES,URIC,USER,UTES,UTIS,

3-letter words (41 found)

CIS,CIT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ERS,EST,ICE,IRE,ITS,REC,REI,RES,RET,RIT,RUC,RUE,RUT,SEC,SEI,SER,SET,SIC,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUR,TEC,TES,TIC,TIE,TIS,TUI,URE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (13 found)

ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 207 words from icterus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of icterus

icterus

Etymology

From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”).

Noun

icterus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
  2. A yellowish appearance in plants.

Derived terms

  • icterus neonatorum
  • icteric

Translations

Anagrams

  • crustie, curiets, curites, curse it

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”, “a bird of a yellowish-green colour, perhaps the golden oriole”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly related to ἴκτις (íktis, “weasel”), ἴκτινος (íktinos), or of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈɪkt̪ɛrʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈik.te.rus/, [ˈikt̪erus]

Noun

icterus m (genitive icterī); second declension

  1. a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriole

Usage notes

  • The Latin word that translates the English words jaundice and icterus is aurūgō.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

  • icteriās
  • ictericus

Descendants

  • English: icterus
  • German: Ikterus
  • Translingual: Icterus

References

  • “ictĕrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ictĕrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 765/1.

Source: wiktionary.org