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

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

PERITUS,PUIREST,

6-letter words (20 found)

ERUPTS,ESPRIT,PIERST,PIERTS,PRIEST,PUREST,PURIST,RIPEST,SITREP,SPRITE,SPRUIT,STRIPE,SUITER,TRIPES,UPREST,UPRISE,UPRIST,UPSTIR,UPTIES,URITES,

5-letter words (56 found)

EPRIS,ERUPT,ETUIS,PERIS,PERST,PERTS,PETRI,PIERS,PIERT,PIETS,PISTE,PREST,PRIES,PRISE,PUERS,PURES,PURIS,PURSE,REIST,RESIT,RIPES,RITES,SETUP,SIEUR,SIRUP,SITUP,SPEIR,SPIER,SPIRE,SPIRT,SPITE,SPRIT,SPRUE,SPUER,SPURT,STIPE,STIRE,STIRP,STREP,STRIP,STUPE,STURE,SUITE,SUPER,TIERS,TIRES,TRIES,TRIPE,TRIPS,TRUES,TURPS,UPSET,UPTER,UPTIE,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (69 found)

ERST,ETUI,IRES,IURE,PERI,PERT,PEST,PETS,PIER,PIES,PIET,PIRS,PISE,PITS,PTUI,PUER,PUIR,PURE,PURI,PURS,PUTS,REIS,REPS,REST,RETS,RIPE,RIPS,RIPT,RISE,RISP,RITE,RITS,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SEIR,SEPT,SIPE,SIRE,SITE,SPET,SPIE,SPIT,SPUE,SPUR,STEP,STIE,STIR,SUER,SUET,SUIT,SUPE,SURE,TIER,TIES,TIPS,TIRE,TRES,TRIE,TRIP,TRUE,TUIS,TUPS,URES,URPS,USER,UTES,UTIS,

3-letter words (49 found)

ERS,EST,IRE,ITS,PER,PES,PET,PIE,PIR,PIS,PIT,PIU,PRE,PSI,PST,PUR,PUS,PUT,REI,REP,RES,RET,RIP,RIT,RUE,RUT,SEI,SER,SET,SIP,SIR,SIT,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUP,SUR,TES,TIE,TIP,TIS,TUI,TUP,UPS,URE,URP,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (16 found)

ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,PE,PI,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,UP,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 213 words from peritus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of peritus

peritus

Etymology

Latin peritus

Noun

peritus (plural periti)

  1. (Christianity) A Roman Catholic theologian attending an ecumenical council to give advice.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active participle of the unattested verb *perior, a root found in experior (“try, test, experience”). Cognate with Ancient Greek περᾰ́ω (peráō, “to pass through”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈriː.tus/, [pɛˈriːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈri.tus/, [peˈriːt̪us]

Adjective

perītus (feminine perīta, neuter perītum, comparative perītior, superlative perītissimus, adverb perītē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. skillful, skilled, expert, experienced, practised (+ genitive or in + ablative or ad + accusative)
    Synonyms: expertus, gnarus, doctus, callidus, instructus, cōnsultus, sollers
    Antonyms: imperītus, rudis, inexpertus, iners, ignārus, hospes
  2. clever, skilfully constructed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

  • imperītus
  • perītē
  • perītia

Descendants

  • Catalan: perit, pèrit
  • → English: perite
  • Spanish: perito
  • Galician: perito
  • Italian: perito
  • Piedmontese: perì
  • Portuguese: perito
  • Sicilian: piritu

References

  • “peritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “peritus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • peritus 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)
  • peritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Dizionario Latino, Olivetti

Source: wiktionary.org