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Yes. The word scilicet is a Scrabble US word. The word scilicet is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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8-letter words (1 found)

SCILICET,

7-letter words (5 found)

CECITIS,CILICES,CLITICS,ELICITS,ICICLES,

6-letter words (11 found)

CECILS,CEILIS,CILICE,CISTIC,CITIES,CLITIC,ELICIT,ICICLE,ICIEST,ILICES,STELIC,

5-letter words (21 found)

CEILI,CEILS,CELTS,CESTI,CIELS,CITES,CLIES,CLITS,ETICS,ICTIC,ISLET,ISTLE,LICIT,LITES,SLICE,STEIL,STILE,TEILS,TELIC,TICES,TILES,

4-letter words (37 found)

CEIL,CELS,CELT,CIEL,CIST,CITE,CITS,CLIT,ELTS,ETIC,ICES,ISIT,ISLE,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LICE,LIES,LIST,LITE,LITS,SECT,SEIL,SICE,SILE,SILT,SITE,SLIT,STIE,TECS,TEIL,TELS,TICE,TICS,TIES,TILE,TILS,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEL,CIS,CIT,ELS,ELT,EST,ICE,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LIE,LIS,LIT,SEC,SEI,SEL,SET,SIC,SIT,TEC,TEL,TES,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIS,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,ES,ET,IS,IT,LI,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 113 words from scilicet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scilicet

scilicet

Alternative forms

  • sc., scil., ss.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scīlicet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt/

Adverb

scilicet (not comparable)

  1. Namely, to wit, as follows.
  2. (law) Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
  3. (in quotations/citations) Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.

Usage notes

Often read out in translation as namely or to wit.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • scīre licet (frequent in the writings of Lucretius)
  • sciꝫ, sciz, sciz. (contractions)
  • scil. (abbreviation)
  • silicet (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

A contraction from scīre (“to know”) + licet (“it is permitted”). Literally “it is permitted to know.” Compare īlicet and vidēlicet.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskiː.li.ket/, [ˈs̠kiːlʲɪkɛt̪]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.li.t͡ʃet/, [ˈʃiːlit͡ʃet̪]

Adverb

scīlicet (not comparable)

  1. of course, naturally, namely, to wit, evidently, certainly, undoubtedly, no doubt, doubtless, truly
  2. that is to say (medieval)

Usage notes

  • The adverb scilicet is often followed by sed and tamen.

Related terms

  • licet
  • sciō

Descendants

  • → English: scilicet
  • → Portuguese: scilicet

See also

  • nempe
  • nīmīrum

References

  • “scilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scilicet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scilicet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • scilicet in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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