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Is mosaic a Scrabble word?

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

M3O1S1A1I1C3

Is mosaic a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3O1S1A1I1C3

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Yes. The word mosaic is a Words With Friends word. The word mosaic is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4O1S1A1I1C4

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6-letter words (1 found)

MOSAIC,

5-letter words (6 found)

CAMIS,CAMOS,COMAS,MICAS,MICOS,OSMIC,

4-letter words (25 found)

AIMS,AMIS,ASCI,CAMI,CAMO,CAMS,CIAO,COMA,COMS,MACS,MICA,MICO,MICS,MISO,MOAI,MOAS,MOCS,OCAS,OMAS,SAIC,SAIM,SCAM,SIMA,SOCA,SOMA,

3-letter words (29 found)

AIM,AIS,AMI,CAM,CIS,COS,IOS,ISM,ISO,MAC,MAS,MIC,MIS,MOA,MOC,MOI,MOS,OCA,OIS,OMA,OMS,SAC,SAI,SAM,SIC,SIM,SMA,SOC,SOM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AM,AS,IO,IS,MA,MI,MO,OI,OM,OS,SI,SO,

You can make 74 words from mosaic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mosaic

mosaic

Alternative forms

  • mosaick (obsolete)
  • musaic (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊˈzeɪk/, /məʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/, /moʊˈzeɪk/
  • Rhymes: -eɪk, -eɪɪk

Noun

mosaic (countable and uncountable, plural mosaics)

  1. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
  2. pixelization (method of censorship)
  3. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
  4. (phytopathology) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
  5. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

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Adjective

mosaic (not comparable)

  1. (of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.

Verb

mosaic (third-person singular simple present mosaics, present participle mosaicing or mosaicking, simple past and past participle mosaiced or mosaicked)

  1. (transitive) To arrange in a mosaic.

Related terms

  • alphamosaic
  • mosaicism
  • mosaicist
  • photomosaic

See also

  • intarsia
  • mosaic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Mosaic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • Redslob, Gustav Moritz (1860) “Über den Ausdruck „Mosaïk“”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 14, pages 663–678

Anagrams

  • Amicos, Samoic

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [muˈzajk]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [moˈzajk]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian mosaico.

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

  1. mosaic

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Mosaicus.

Adjective

mosaic (feminine mosaica, masculine plural mosaics, feminine plural mosaiques)

  1. Mosaic
    llei mosaica ― Mosaic law

Further reading

  • “mosaic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Friulian

Noun

mosaic m (plural mosaics)

  1. mosaic

Source: wiktionary.org