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Yes. The word lemniscus is a Scrabble US word. The word lemniscus is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word lemniscus is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

LEMNISCUS,

8-letter words (4 found)

EMULSINS,LEUCISMS,MENISCUS,MESCLUNS,

7-letter words (17 found)

CESIUMS,EMULSIN,INCUSES,INSULSE,LEUCINS,LEUCISM,LUMINES,MESCLUN,MINUSES,MISCUES,MUESLIS,MUSCLES,MUSLINS,SILENUS,SIMNELS,SLUICES,UNLIMES,

6-letter words (47 found)

CENSUS,CESIUM,CLIMES,CLINES,CNEMIS,CUISSE,CULMEN,CUMINS,ELSINS,INCELS,INCLES,INCUSE,LEUCIN,LIMENS,LINUMS,LUMENS,LUMINE,LUNIES,MELICS,MINCES,MISCUE,MISSEL,MISUSE,MUCINS,MUESLI,MULIES,MULSES,MUSCLE,MUSICS,MUSLIN,MUSSEL,NEUMIC,NUCLEI,SCLIMS,SENSUM,SILENS,SIMNEL,SIMULS,SLICES,SLIMES,SLUICE,SMILES,ULICES,ULMINS,UNCLES,UNLESS,UNLIME,

5-letter words (84 found)

CEILS,CIELS,CINES,CLEMS,CLIES,CLIME,CLINE,CLUES,CULMS,CUMIN,CUNEI,ELSIN,EMICS,ILEUM,ILEUS,INCEL,INCLE,INCUS,ISLES,ISSUE,LENIS,LIENS,LIEUS,LIMEN,LIMES,LIMNS,LINES,LINUM,LUCES,LUMEN,LUNES,MEINS,MELIC,MENUS,MESIC,MIENS,MILES,MINCE,MINES,MINUS,MISES,MUCIN,MUILS,MULES,MULIE,MULSE,MUNIS,MUSES,MUSIC,MUSSE,NELIS,NEUMS,NISSE,NISUS,SCLIM,SCULS,SCUMS,SCUSE,SEILS,SEISM,SEMIS,SENSI,SICES,SIENS,SILEN,SILES,SIMUL,SINCE,SINES,SINUS,SLICE,SLIME,SLIMS,SLUES,SLUMS,SLUSE,SMILE,SNIES,SULCI,SUMIS,SUNIS,ULMIN,UNCES,UNCLE,

4-letter words (90 found)

CEIL,CELS,CENS,CESS,CIEL,CINE,CLEM,CLUE,CUES,CULM,CUMS,CUSS,ECUS,ELMS,EMIC,EMUS,ICES,ISLE,ISMS,LEIS,LENS,LESS,LICE,LIEN,LIES,LIEU,LIME,LIMN,LINE,LINS,LUCE,LUES,LUMS,LUNE,LUNS,MEIN,MELS,MENU,MESS,MEUS,MICE,MICS,MIEN,MILE,MILS,MINE,MISE,MISS,MUIL,MULE,MUNI,MUNS,MUSE,MUSS,NESS,NEUM,NICE,NIES,NILS,NIMS,SCUL,SCUM,SECS,SEIL,SEIS,SELS,SEMI,SENS,SICE,SICS,SIEN,SIES,SILE,SIMS,SINE,SINS,SLIM,SLUE,SLUM,SUES,SUMI,SUMS,SUNI,SUNS,ULES,UMES,UNCE,UNCI,UNIS,USES,

3-letter words (55 found)

CEL,CIS,CUE,CUM,ECU,ELM,ELS,EMS,EMU,ENS,ESS,ICE,INS,ISM,LEI,LES,LEU,LIE,LIN,LIS,LUM,LUN,MEL,MEN,MES,MEU,MIC,MIL,MIS,MUN,MUS,NIE,NIL,NIM,NIS,NUS,SEC,SEI,SEL,SEN,SIC,SIM,SIN,SIS,SUE,SUI,SUM,SUN,SUS,ULE,UME,UMS,UNI,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (16 found)

EL,EM,EN,ES,IN,IS,LI,ME,MI,MU,NE,NU,SI,UM,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 315 words from lemniscus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lemniscus

lemniscus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnískos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) +‎ -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɪskəs

Noun

lemniscus (plural lemniscuses or lemnisci)

  1. (zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
  2. A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.
  3. (anatomy) A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.

Derived terms

  • medial lemniscus

Related terms

  • lemniscata

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnískos, “woollen fillet, ribbon”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /leːmˈnis.kus/, [ɫ̪eːmˈnɪs̠kʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lemˈnis.kus/, [lemˈniskus]

Noun

lēmniscus m (genitive lēmniscī); second declension

  1. A pendent ribbon

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • lēmniscātus

Descendants

  • Catalan: lemnisc
  • Galician: lemnisco
  • Italian: lemnisco
  • Portuguese: lemnisco
  • Spanish: lemnisco

References

  • “lemniscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lemniscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lemniscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lemniscus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lemniscus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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