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Is ocellus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ocellus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word ocellus is a Words With Friends word. The word ocellus is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

LOCULES,OCELLUS,

6-letter words (5 found)

CELLOS,COLEUS,LOCULE,OSCULE,SCULLE,

5-letter words (18 found)

CELLO,CELLS,CLOSE,CLOUS,CLUES,COLES,COLLS,CULLS,EUSOL,LEUCO,LOCUS,LOSEL,LOUSE,LUCES,OUSEL,SCULL,SOCLE,SOUCE,

4-letter words (26 found)

CELL,CELS,CLOU,CLUE,COLE,COLL,COLS,COSE,CUES,CULL,ECOS,ECUS,ELLS,LOSE,LOUS,LUCE,LUES,OLES,SCUL,SECO,SELL,SLOE,SLUE,SOLE,SOUL,ULES,

3-letter words (24 found)

CEL,COL,COS,CUE,ECO,ECU,ELL,ELS,LES,LEU,LOS,LOU,OES,OLE,OSE,OUS,SEC,SEL,SOC,SOL,SOU,SUE,ULE,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EL,ES,LO,OE,OS,OU,SO,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from ocellus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ocellus

ocellus

Etymology

From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʊˈsɛləs/

Noun

ocellus (plural ocelli)

  1. A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
  2. An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.

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Further reading

  • ocellus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Cuellos, locules

Latin

Etymology

From oculus (“eye”) +‎ -lus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈkel.lus/, [ɔˈkɛlːʲʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈt͡ʃel.lus/, [oˈt͡ʃɛlːus]

Noun

ocellus m (genitive ocellī); second declension

  1. Diminutive of oculus: little eye
  2. darling

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “ocellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ocellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ocellus 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)
  • ocellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “ocellus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ocellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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