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Is septum a Scrabble word?

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

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Is septum a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

SEPTUM,

5-letter words (10 found)

EMPTS,MUSET,MUTES,SETUP,SPUME,STUMP,STUPE,TEMPS,TUMPS,UPSET,

4-letter words (29 found)

EMPT,EMUS,METS,MEUS,MUSE,MUST,MUTE,MUTS,PEST,PETS,PUTS,SEPT,SMUT,SPET,SPUE,STEM,STEP,STUM,SUET,SUMP,SUPE,TEMP,TEMS,TUMP,TUMS,TUPS,UMES,UMPS,UTES,

3-letter words (27 found)

EMS,EMU,EST,MES,MET,MEU,MUS,MUT,PES,PET,PST,PUS,PUT,SET,SUE,SUM,SUP,TES,TUM,TUP,UME,UMP,UMS,UPS,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (12 found)

EM,ES,ET,ME,MU,PE,ST,TE,UM,UP,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 80 words from septum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of septum

septum

Alternative forms

  • saeptum, sæptum (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛp.təm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛptəm

Noun

septum (plural septa or septums)

  1. (biology) A wall separating two cavities; a partition.
    Synonym: dissepiment
    1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of nasal septum: the cartilaginous center wall of the nose separating the two nostrils.
    2. (anatomy) Either of the two walls that separate the atria or ventricles of the heart into left and right chambers.
    3. (botany) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
    4. (mycology) A partition that separates the cells of a (septated) fungus.
    5. (zoology) One of the radial calcareous plates of a coral.
    6. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers.
    7. (zoology) One of the transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
  2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of septum ring or septum piercing.

Hyponyms

  • nasal septum
  • interventricular septum
  • septum pellucidum

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • “septum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “septum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • spetum

French

Noun

septum m (plural septums)

  1. (biology) septum

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseːp.tum/, [ˈs̠eːpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsep.tum/, [ˈsɛpt̪um]

Noun

sēptum n (genitive sēptī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of saeptum.

Descendants

  • → English: septum

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English septum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsebtum/ [ˈseβ̞.t̪ũm]
  • Rhymes: -ebtum
  • Syllabification: sep‧tum

Noun

septum m (plural septums)

  1. septum (septum ring or septum piercing)

Usage notes

  • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Source: wiktionary.org