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Is musca a Scrabble word?

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

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Is musca a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (4 found)

CAMUS,CAUMS,MUSCA,SUMAC,

4-letter words (8 found)

AMUS,CAMS,CAUM,CUMS,MACS,MASU,SCAM,SCUM,

3-letter words (12 found)

AMU,CAM,CUM,MAC,MAS,MUS,SAC,SAM,SAU,SMA,SUM,UMS,

2-letter words (6 found)

AM,AS,MA,MU,UM,US,

You can make 30 words from musca according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of musca

musca umsca msuca smuca usmca sumca mucsa umcsa mcusa cmusa ucmsa cumsa mscua smcua mcsua cmsua scmua csmua uscma sucma ucsma cusma scuma csuma musac umsac msuac smuac usmac sumac muasc umasc mausc amusc uamsc aumsc msauc smauc masuc amsuc samuc asmuc usamc suamc uasmc ausmc saumc asumc mucas umcas mcuas cmuas ucmas cumas muacs umacs maucs amucs uamcs aumcs mcaus cmaus macus amcus camus acmus ucams cuams uacms aucms caums acums mscau smcau mcsau cmsau scmau csmau msacu smacu mascu amscu samcu asmcu mcasu cmasu macsu amcsu camsu acmsu scamu csamu sacmu ascmu casmu acsmu uscam sucam ucsam cusam scuam csuam usacm suacm uascm auscm saucm asucm ucasm cuasm uacsm aucsm causm acusm scaum csaum sacum ascum casum acsum

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Definitions and meaning of musca

musca

Noun

musca (plural muscae)

  1. Short for musca volitans.

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.

See also Old Church Slavonic моуха (muxa), and the Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “a fly”) of which μυΐσκη (muḯskē) may be a diminutive form. Compare the German Mücke (“midge”) and English midge, midget.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.ka/, [ˈmʊs̠kä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmus.ka/, [ˈmuskä]

Noun

musca f (genitive muscae); first declension

  1. a fly (insect)
  2. (transferred meaning) an inquisitive or prying person

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • muscārium
  • muscārius

Descendants

References

  • “musca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “musca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • musca 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)
  • musca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • musca in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “musca”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Noun

musca

  1. Alternative form of muske

Romanian

Noun

musca f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of muscă

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin musca. Compare Italian mosca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmus.ka/
  • Hyphenation: mù‧sca

Noun

musca f (plural muschi)

  1. fly (insect)

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “musca”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2619–2620

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