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Is mancus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mancus is a Scrabble US word. The word mancus is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

M3A1N1C3U1S1

Is mancus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mancus is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

M3A1N1C3U1S1

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6-letter words (1 found)

MANCUS,

5-letter words (6 found)

CAMUS,CAUMS,MANUS,MUSCA,NAMUS,SUMAC,

4-letter words (17 found)

AMUS,ANUS,CAMS,CANS,CAUM,CUMS,MACS,MANS,MASU,MAUN,MNAS,MUNS,NAMS,NAMU,SCAM,SCAN,SCUM,

3-letter words (23 found)

AMU,ANS,CAM,CAN,CUM,MAC,MAN,MAS,MNA,MUN,MUS,NAM,NAS,NUS,SAC,SAM,SAN,SAU,SMA,SUM,SUN,UMS,UNS,

2-letter words (10 found)

AM,AN,AS,MA,MU,NA,NU,UM,UN,US,

You can make 57 words from mancus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mancus

mancus

Etymology

Latinized form of Arabic منقوش (manqūsh). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mancus (plural mancuses)

  1. (historical) A gold coin used in medieval Europe.
  2. (historical) An equivalent unit of monetary account.

Synonyms

  • mancosus

Anagrams

  • Camuns, Cumans

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”). Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmäŋkʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈman.kus/, [ˈmäŋkus]

Adjective

mancus (feminine manca, neuter mancum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm
  2. defective, imperfect

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • “mancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mancus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • mancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org