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Yes. The word suspens is a Scrabble US word. The word suspens is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

SUSPENS,

6-letter words (1 found)

PUSSES,

5-letter words (4 found)

PUSES,SPUES,SUPES,SUSES,

4-letter words (16 found)

NEPS,NESS,PENS,PUNS,PUSS,SENS,SEPS,SESS,SPUE,SPUN,SUES,SUNS,SUPE,SUPS,SUSS,USES,

3-letter words (16 found)

ENS,ESS,NEP,NUS,PEN,PES,PUN,PUS,SEN,SUE,SUN,SUP,SUS,UNS,UPS,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ES,NE,NU,PE,UN,UP,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 47 words from suspens according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of suspens

suspens

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspès. The narratological sense is a semantic loan from English.

Adjective

suspens (feminine suspensa, masculine plural suspensos, feminine plural suspenses)

  1. perplexed, bewildered
    Synonym: perplex

Noun

suspens m (plural suspensos)

  1. (narratology) suspense
  2. (education) failure, failing grade
  3. (law) abeyance
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin suspendis.

Verb

suspens

  1. second-person singular present indicative of suspendre

Further reading

  • “suspens” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “suspens”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

French

Etymology

From Latin suspēnsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sys.pɑ̃/

Adjective

suspens (invariable)

  1. unresolved, outstanding
  2. (of a clergyman) suspended (from his duties)

See also

  • en suspens

Further reading

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

Old French

Noun

suspens oblique singular, m (oblique plural suspens, nominative singular suspens, nominative plural suspens)

  1. postponement; suspension (state of being postponed or suspended)

Descendants

  • → English: suspense
    • → French: suspense
  • French: suspens

Polish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English suspense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus.pɛns/, /ˈsas.pɛns/
  • Rhymes: -uspɛns
  • Syllabification: sus‧pens

Noun

suspens m inan

  1. (film, literature) suspense (technique in films and novels involving a pause in the flow of the plot, used to heighten tension or to surprise the viewer or reader with an unexpected turn of events)
    Synonym: suspensja
Declension
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsus.pɛns/
  • Rhymes: -uspɛns
  • Syllabification: sus‧pens

Noun

suspens f

  1. genitive plural of suspensa

Further reading

  • suspens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • suspens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French suspens.

Adjective

suspens m or n (feminine singular suspensă, masculine plural suspenși, feminine and neuter plural suspense)

  1. suspended

Declension

Noun

suspens n (plural suspensuri)

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Declension

References

  • suspens in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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