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Is percuss a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word percuss is a Scrabble US word. The word percuss is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is percuss a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word percuss is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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7-letter words (2 found)

PERCUSS,SPRUCES,

6-letter words (10 found)

CRUSES,CURSES,CUSSER,PURSES,PUSSER,SPRUCE,SPRUES,SPUERS,SUCRES,SUPERS,

5-letter words (33 found)

CREPS,CRESS,CRUES,CRUSE,CURES,CURSE,CUSPS,ECRUS,PERCS,PRESS,PUCER,PUCES,PUERS,PURES,PURSE,PUSES,RESUS,RUSES,RUSSE,SCUPS,SCURS,SCUSE,SPECS,SPRUE,SPUER,SPUES,SPURS,SUCRE,SUERS,SUPER,SUPES,SURES,USERS,

4-letter words (41 found)

CEPS,CESS,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CUPS,CURE,CURS,CUSP,CUSS,ECRU,ECUS,PECS,PERC,PUCE,PUER,PURE,PURS,PUSS,RECS,REPS,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,SCUP,SCUR,SECS,SEPS,SERS,SPEC,SPUE,SPUR,SUER,SUES,SUPE,SUPS,SURE,URES,URPS,USER,USES,

3-letter words (29 found)

CEP,CRU,CUE,CUP,CUR,ECU,ERS,ESS,PEC,PER,PES,PRE,PUR,PUS,REC,REP,RES,RUC,RUE,SEC,SER,SUE,SUP,SUR,SUS,UPS,URE,URP,USE,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ES,PE,RE,UP,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 123 words from percuss according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of percuss

percuss

Etymology

From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“strike, beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“shake, strike”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈkʌs/, [pəˈkʰʌs]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈkʌs/, [pɚˈkʰʌs]
  • Rhymes: -ʌs
  • Hyphenation: per‧cuss

Verb

percuss (third-person singular simple present percusses, present participle percussing, simple past and past participle percussed)

  1. (transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
    • c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher), The Laws of Candy, [Act II, Scene i], page 304:
      Give me thy hand Gonzalo, thou art in our favour, / For we do love to cheriſh lofty ſpirits, / Such as percuſſe the Earth, and bound / With an erected countenance to the clouds.
  2. (intransitive) to impact
  3. (transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
  4. (transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface

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References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “percuss”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “percuss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “percuss”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “percuss”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • cuspers, spruces

Source: wiktionary.org