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Yes. The word porrigo is a Scrabble US word. The word porrigo is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word porrigo is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3O1R1R1I1G2O1

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7-letter words (1 found)

PORRIGO,

5-letter words (4 found)

PIROG,POORI,PRIOR,RIGOR,

4-letter words (13 found)

GIRO,GIRR,GOOP,GOOR,GORI,GORP,GRIP,POGO,POOR,PRIG,PROG,PROO,ROOP,

3-letter words (16 found)

GIO,GIP,GOO,GOR,GRR,OOP,OOR,ORG,PIG,PIR,POI,POO,PRO,RIG,RIP,ROO,

2-letter words (9 found)

GI,GO,IO,OI,OO,OP,OR,PI,PO,

You can make 43 words from porrigo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of porrigo

porrigo

Etymology

Latin [Term?]

Noun

porrigo (countable and uncountable, plural porrigos)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) Any of various skin diseases.

Related terms

  • porriginous

Latin

Alternative forms

  • porgō

Etymology 1

por- (“fore-”) +‎ regō (“direct”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ri.ɡoː/, [ˈpɔrːɪɡoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpor.ri.ɡo/, [ˈpɔrːiɡo]

Verb

porrigō (present infinitive porrigere, perfect active porrēxī, supine porrēctum); third conjugation

  1. to stretch, spread out, extend
    Synonyms: extendō, distendō, prōferō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, explicō, pandō
  2. to offer, hold out
    Synonyms: offerō, prōferō, sufferō, afferō, polliceor, obiciō, praebeō
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Asturian: apurrir
  • English: porrect
  • Galician: apurrir, espurrir
  • Italian: porgere
  • Spanish: apurrir
  • Sicilian: pròjiri

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /porˈriː.ɡoː/, [pɔrˈriːɡoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /porˈri.ɡo/, [porˈriːɡo]

Noun

porrīgō f (genitive porrīginis); third declension

  1. dandruff, scurf
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • porrīginōsus

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org