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Is sturnus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sturnus is a Scrabble US word. The word sturnus is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1T1U1R1N1U1S1

Is sturnus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sturnus is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1T1U1R1N1U1S1

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7-letter words (2 found)

STURNUS,UNTRUSS,

6-letter words (1 found)

TUSSUR,

5-letter words (5 found)

RUNTS,RUSTS,STUNS,TRUSS,TURNS,

4-letter words (14 found)

NURS,NUTS,RUNS,RUNT,RUST,RUTS,STUN,SUNS,SUSU,TUNS,TURN,URNS,URUS,UTUS,

3-letter words (13 found)

NUR,NUS,NUT,RUN,RUT,SUN,SUR,SUS,TUN,UNS,URN,UTS,UTU,

2-letter words (6 found)

NU,ST,UN,UR,US,UT,

You can make 41 words from sturnus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sturnus

sturnus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *storo- (“starling”) or *(s)tern- (“starling”), same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite (“gull”), English starling. Traditionally, perhaps spuriously, associated with Ancient Greek ψάρ (psár, “starling”), cognate with English sparrow through an etymon with similar sound.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstur.nus/, [ˈs̠t̪ʊrnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstur.nus/, [ˈst̪urnus]

Noun

sturnus m (genitive sturnī); second declension

  1. starling

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

  • “sturnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sturnus 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)
  • sturnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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