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Is oes a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oes is a Scrabble US word. The word oes is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Is oes a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oes is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

O1E1S1

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Yes. The word oes is a Words With Friends word. The word oes is worth 3 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (2 found)

OES,OSE,

2-letter words (4 found)

ES,OE,OS,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from oes according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of oes

oes eos ose soe eso seo

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Definitions and meaning of oes

oes

Noun

oes

  1. plural of oe
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (rare) plural of o, the name of the letter O.

Noun

oes pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete) Small circle-shaped sequins of precious metal sewn to clothing for decorative effect, popular in the 17th century.

Alternative forms

  • owes

Anagrams

  • -ose, E&Os, Eos, OSE, SEO, SOE, Seo, Soe, soe

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Etymology

From Southern Dutch oest (Flemish and Zeelandic form of oogst), from Middle Dutch oest, from Old French aoust, from Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /us/

Noun

oes (plural oeste)

  1. harvest

Galician

Verb

oes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of oír

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoes/ [ˈo.es]
  • Rhymes: -oes
  • Syllabification: o‧es

Noun

oes

  1. plural of o

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /oːɨ̯s/
  • (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɔi̯s/
    • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /oːs/, /weːs/
  • Rhymes: -oːɨ̯s

Etymology 1

Proto-Celtic *esti

Verb

oes

  1. (in a question) is there; are there?
  2. (in answer to a question beginning with oes; in North Wales also to a question involving eisiau) yes

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh ois, from Proto-Brythonic *oɨs, from Proto-Celtic *aissom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, age”). Ultimately cognate with Welsh oed, Latin aevus.

Noun

oes f (plural oesoedd)

  1. age, period
  2. life, lifetime, lifespan
Derived terms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “oes”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ay-sso-, *ay-to-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

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