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Is nidus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nidus is a Scrabble US word. The word nidus is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is nidus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nidus is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

NIDUS,

4-letter words (7 found)

DINS,DUNS,NIDS,SIND,SUID,SUNI,UNIS,

3-letter words (16 found)

DIN,DIS,DUI,DUN,IDS,INS,NID,NIS,NUS,SIN,SUD,SUI,SUN,UDS,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (8 found)

DI,ID,IN,IS,NU,SI,UN,US,

You can make 32 words from nidus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of nidus

nidus indus ndius dnius idnus dinus niuds inuds nuids unids iunds uinds nduis dnuis nudis undis dunis udnis iduns diuns iudns uidns duins udins nidsu indsu ndisu dnisu idnsu dinsu nisdu insdu nsidu snidu isndu sindu ndsiu dnsiu nsdiu sndiu dsniu sdniu idsnu disnu isdnu sidnu dsinu sdinu niusd inusd nuisd unisd iunsd uinsd nisud insud nsiud sniud isnud sinud nusid unsid nsuid snuid usnid sunid iusnd uisnd isund siund usind suind ndusi dnusi nudsi undsi dunsi udnsi ndsui dnsui nsdui sndui dsnui sdnui nusdi unsdi nsudi snudi usndi sundi dusni udsni dsuni sduni usdni sudni idusn diusn iudsn uidsn duisn udisn idsun disun isdun sidun dsiun sdiun iusdn uisdn isudn siudn usidn suidn dusin udsin dsuin sduin usdin sudin

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Definitions and meaning of nidus

nidus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nīdus (“nest”). Doublet of nye and nest.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪdəs

Noun

nidus (plural nidi or niduses)

  1. An aggregate of neurons.
  2. A nest for insects or small animals.
  3. A place of infection in an organism.
  4. An origin (originating point) for a phenomenon.

Related terms

Anagrams

  • Dinus, Indus, Indus., indus.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”). Cognate with Sanskrit नीड (nīḍá), Old Armenian նիստ (nist), Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo), Old English nest (whence English nest).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.dus/, [ˈniːd̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.dus/, [ˈniːd̪us]

Noun

nīdus m (genitive nīdī); second declension

  1. nest
  2. dwelling for animals

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • nīdificō
  • nīdifōrmis (New Latin, specific epithet)

Descendants

References

  • “nidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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