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

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5-letter words (1 found)

PAUSE,

4-letter words (9 found)

APES,APSE,EAUS,PASE,PEAS,SPAE,SPUE,SUPE,UPAS,

3-letter words (18 found)

APE,ASP,AUE,EAS,EAU,PAS,PEA,PES,PUS,SAE,SAP,SAU,SEA,SPA,SUE,SUP,UPS,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AS,EA,ES,PA,PE,UP,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from pause according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of pause

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Definitions and meaning of pause

pause

Etymology

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Compare the doublet pausa.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: pôz, IPA(key): /pɔːz/
  • (US) enPR: pôz, IPA(key): /pɔz/
  • (cot–caught merger) enPR: päz, IPA(key): /pɑz/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːz
  • Homophones: paws, pores (in non-rhotic accents), pours (in non-rhotic accents)

Verb

pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)

  1. (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
  2. (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
  3. (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
  4. (transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
    to pause a song, a video, or a computer game
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To consider; to reflect.

Translations

Noun

pause (plural pauses)

  1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
    Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
  2. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
    Synonyms: break, holiday, recess; see also Thesaurus:vacation
  3. Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
    Synonyms: vacillation, wavering
  4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
  5. A break or paragraph in writing.
  6. (music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
  7. Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)
  8. (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

Noun

pause c (singular definite pausen, plural indefinite pauser)

  1. pause

Declension

Derived terms

  • pausere

Further reading

  • “pause” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “pause” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Estonian

Noun

pause

  1. partitive plural of paus
    Synonym: pausisid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pausa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poz/

Noun

pause f (plural pauses)

  1. pause, break
  2. (music) rest

Derived terms

  • pause pipi
  • pause thé

Further reading

  • “pause”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

pause f

  1. plural of pausa

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pausa.

Noun

pause f (plural pauses)

  1. pause (brief cessation)

Descendants

  • → English: pause
  • French: pause

References

  • Etymology and history of “pause”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæʉsə/, [pʰæʉ̯sə], [pʰœʉ̯sə]
  • Rhymes: -æʉsə

Noun

pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pauser, definite plural pausene)

  1. a pause, a break (short time for relaxing)

Derived terms

  • hvilepause
  • kaffepause
  • lunsjpause

References

  • “pause” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”).

Noun

pause m (definite singular pausen, indefinite plural pausar, definite plural pausane)

  1. a pause or break (short time for relaxing)

Derived terms

  • lunsjpause

References

  • “pause” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -awzi, (Portugal) -awzɨ
  • Hyphenation: pau‧se

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pause

Noun

pause m (plural pauses)

  1. (chiefly video games) pause

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pause

  1. inflection of pausar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

pause

  1. inflection of pausar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org