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Is sorex a Scrabble word?

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

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Is sorex a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sorex is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1O1R1E1X8

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5-letter words (2 found)

OXERS,SOREX,

4-letter words (8 found)

EROS,ORES,OXER,OXES,REOS,ROES,ROSE,SORE,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERS,EXO,OES,ORE,ORS,OSE,REO,RES,REX,ROE,SER,SEX,SOX,

2-letter words (9 found)

ER,ES,EX,OE,OR,OS,OX,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from sorex according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sorex

sorex osrex sroex rsoex orsex rosex soerx oserx seorx esorx oesrx eosrx sreox rseox serox esrox resox ersox oresx roesx oersx eorsx reosx erosx sorxe osrxe sroxe rsoxe orsxe rosxe soxre osxre sxore xsore oxsre xosre srxoe rsxoe sxroe xsroe rxsoe xrsoe orxse roxse oxrse xorse rxose xrose soexr osexr seoxr esoxr oesxr eosxr soxer osxer sxoer xsoer oxser xoser sexor esxor sxeor xseor exsor xesor oexsr eoxsr oxesr xoesr exosr xeosr srexo rsexo serxo esrxo resxo ersxo srxeo rsxeo sxreo xsreo rxseo xrseo sexro esxro sxero xsero exsro xesro rexso erxso rxeso xreso exrso xerso orexs roexs oerxs eorxs reoxs eroxs orxes roxes oxres xores rxoes xroes oexrs eoxrs oxers xoers exors xeors rexos erxos rxeos xreos exros xeros

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Definitions and meaning of sorex

sorex

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to susurrus (“whisper, rustling”), or Ancient Greek ὕραξ (húrax, “shrewmouse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsoː.reks/, [ˈs̠oːrɛks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.reks/, [ˈsɔːreks]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.reks/, [ˈs̠ɔrɛks̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈso.reks/, [ˈsɔːreks]

Noun

sōrex m (genitive sōricis); third declension

  1. shrew, shrewmouse
  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) mouse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • sōricīnus

Descendants

References

  • “sorex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sorex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sorex 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)
  • sorex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “sōrex”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 610

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