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

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

PIECES,SPECIE,

5-letter words (6 found)

CEPES,EPICS,PEISE,PIECE,SEPIC,SPICE,

4-letter words (17 found)

CEES,CEPE,CEPS,EPIC,ICES,PECS,PEES,PICE,PICS,PIES,PISE,SEEP,SICE,SIPE,SPEC,SPIC,SPIE,

3-letter words (16 found)

CEE,CEP,CIS,ICE,PEC,PEE,PES,PIC,PIE,PIS,PSI,SEC,SEE,SEI,SIC,SIP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ES,IS,PE,PI,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from specie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of specie

specie

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspiːʃi/, /ˈspiːsi/
  • Rhymes: -iːʃi, -iːsi

Etymology 1

Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare payment in kind.

Noun

specie (uncountable)

  1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
  2. Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
    Antonym: paper
Derived terms
  • specie point
Related terms
  • sub specie aeterni
Translations

See also

  • payment in kind

Etymology 2

Back-formation from species (plural), the final “s” being misinterpreted as a plural ending.

Noun

specie (plural species)

  1. (proscribed) singular of species
Usage notes
  • Although in wide use, this is universally considered by prescriptive references to be an error.

Anagrams

  • pieces

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspeː.si/
  • Hyphenation: spe‧cie
  • Rhymes: -eːsi

Noun

specie f (plural speciën or species)

  1. mortar (in sense of mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)
    Synonyms: metselspecie, mortel
  2. coinage, specie, coins
  3. material used in casting

Derived terms

  • metselspecie

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciēs. Doublet of spezie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛ.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃe
  • Hyphenation: spè‧cie

Adverb

specie

  1. especially, particularly

Derived terms

  • fare specie (“to amaze, shock”)

Noun

specie f (invariable)

  1. kind, type, sort
  2. (biology) species, strain, breed
  3. (taxonomy) species

Related terms

  • cronospecie
  • speciale
  • speciazione
  • specifico

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ki.eː/, [ˈs̠pɛkieː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.e/, [ˈspɛːt͡ʃie]

Noun

speciē

  1. ablative singular of speciēs

Preposition

speciē (+ genitive)

  1. Under the pretext of. Under the guise of.

References

  • specie in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.e/

Noun

specie f (plural specii)

  1. (biology) species
  2. kind, type, sort

See also

  • gen
  • tip
  • fel

Further reading

  • specie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org