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Is oestrus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word oestrus is a Scrabble US word. The word oestrus is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is oestrus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word oestrus is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is oestrus a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word oestrus is a Words With Friends word. The word oestrus is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (10 found)

ESTROUS,OESTRUS,OUSTERS,SOUREST,SOUTERS,STOURES,TORUSES,TOUSERS,TROUSES,TUSSORE,

6-letter words (31 found)

ESTROS,ESTRUS,OUSTER,OUTERS,RESTOS,ROSETS,ROUSES,ROUSTS,ROUTES,RUSSET,SEROUS,SETOUS,SOREST,SORTES,SOURSE,SOUSER,SOUTER,STORES,STOURE,STOURS,SUREST,SUTORS,TORSES,TOSSER,TOUSER,TOUSES,TROUSE,TSORES,TUSSER,TUSSOR,UROSES,

5-letter words (43 found)

ESTRO,EUROS,OUSTS,OUTER,OUTRE,RESTO,RESTS,RESUS,ROSES,ROSET,ROSTS,ROTES,ROUES,ROUSE,ROUST,ROUTE,ROUTS,RUSES,RUSSE,RUSTS,SORES,SORTS,SORUS,SOURS,SOUSE,SOUTS,STORE,STOUR,STURE,SUERS,SUETS,SURES,SUTOR,TORES,TORSE,TORUS,TOSES,TOURS,TOUSE,TRESS,TRUES,TRUSS,USERS,

4-letter words (49 found)

EROS,ERST,ESTS,EURO,ORES,ORTS,OSES,OURS,OUST,OUTS,REOS,REST,RETS,ROES,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,ROUE,ROUT,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SERS,SETS,SORE,SORT,SOTS,SOUR,SOUS,SOUT,SUER,SUES,SUET,SURE,TOES,TORE,TORS,TOSE,TOSS,TOUR,TRES,TROU,TRUE,URES,USER,USES,UTES,

3-letter words (33 found)

ERS,ESS,EST,OES,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,OUR,OUS,OUT,REO,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,RUE,RUT,SER,SET,SOS,SOT,SOU,SUE,SUR,SUS,TES,TOE,TOR,URE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (15 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OR,OS,OU,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 182 words from oestrus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oestrus

oestrus

Alternative forms

  • œstrus (archaic)
  • estrus (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eys-, used to form words denoting passion; see also Latin īra (“anger”), Lithuanian aistra (“violent passion”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːstɹəs/, /ˈɛstɹəs/

Noun

oestrus (countable and uncountable, plural oestruses or oestri)

  1. (countable) A biting fly of the genus Oestrus; a botfly.
  2. (countable) A bite or sting.
  3. (countable, archaic) A passion or frenzy.
  4. (countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate; heat, rut.

Derived terms

  • oestrogen

Translations

Anagrams

  • Souters, Strouse, estrous, ousters, rousest, sestuor, sourest, souters, toruses, tousers, trouses, trousse, tussore

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoe̯s.trus/, [ˈoe̯s̠t̪rʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.trus/, [ˈɛst̪rus]

Noun

oestrus m (genitive oestrī); second declension

  1. gadfly

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

  • asīlus
  • tabānus

Descendants

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org