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Yes. The word tarsus is a Scrabble US word. The word tarsus is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (4 found)

SURATS,SUTRAS,TARSUS,TUSSAR,

5-letter words (12 found)

RATUS,RUSAS,RUSTS,SARUS,SAUTS,STARS,SURAS,SURAT,SUTRA,TRASS,TRUSS,TSARS,

4-letter words (17 found)

ARTS,RAST,RATS,RATU,RUSA,RUST,RUTS,SARS,SAUT,STAR,SURA,TARS,TASS,TAUS,TSAR,URSA,UTAS,

3-letter words (17 found)

ARS,ART,ASS,ATS,RAS,RAT,RUT,SAR,SAT,SAU,SUR,SUS,TAR,TAS,TAU,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AR,AS,AT,ST,TA,UR,US,UT,

You can make 58 words from tarsus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tarsus

tarsus

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tarsus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.səs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹ.səs/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)səs

Noun

tarsus (plural tarsi)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.
    1. (anatomy) A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
      Hyponyms: talus, calcaneus, navicular bone, cuboid bone, lateral cuneiform bone, intermediate cuneiform bone, medial cuneiform bone
    2. (zootomy) The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
    3. (zootomy) The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
  2. (anatomy) A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • acrotarsium
  • tarsometatarsus

Translations

References

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


Anagrams

  • Asturs, Rastus, Straus, Surats, Sūtras, surats, sutras, sūtras, tussar

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τᾰρσός (tarsós, “the flat of the foot; the edge of the eyelid and its lashes”). Has been compared with Armenian թառ (tʻaṙ, “bar for drying grapes”), Old High German darra (“apparatus for drying fruits”), Swedish tarre (“frame for drying malts”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“to dry”). However, for phonetic reasons this is uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.sus/, [ˈt̪ärsus]

Noun

tarsus m (genitive tarsī); second declension (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) The flat part of the foot.
  2. (anatomy) The edge of the eyelid.

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • tarsālis (adjective)

Descendants

  • → English: tarsus

Source: wiktionary.org