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Is tenesmus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tenesmus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word tenesmus is a Words With Friends word. The word tenesmus is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

MUTENESS,TENESMUS,

7-letter words (1 found)

MUSTEES,

6-letter words (22 found)

ENSUES,MENSES,MESNES,MEUSES,MUSETS,MUSTEE,NEUMES,SEMENS,SENSUM,SMEUSE,STEEMS,STEENS,STEMES,SUETES,SUNSET,TEMSES,TENSES,TENUES,TMESES,UNMEET,UNSEES,UNSETS,

5-letter words (54 found)

EMEUS,ENSUE,ESNES,ETENS,MEETS,MENES,MENSE,MENUS,MESES,MESNE,METES,MEUSE,MUNTS,MUSES,MUSET,MUSSE,MUSTS,MUTES,NEEMS,NESTS,NETES,NEUME,NEUMS,SEEMS,SEMEN,SEMES,SENES,SENSE,SENTE,SENTS,SMEES,SMUTS,SNEES,STEEM,STEEN,STEME,STEMS,STENS,STUMS,STUNS,SUENT,SUETE,SUETS,TEEMS,TEENS,TEMES,TEMSE,TENES,TENSE,TENUE,TUNES,UNMET,UNSEE,UNSET,

4-letter words (67 found)

EMES,EMEU,EMUS,ENES,ENTS,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,ESTS,ETEN,MEES,MEET,MENE,MENT,MENU,MESE,MESS,METE,METS,MEUS,MUNS,MUNT,MUSE,MUSS,MUST,MUTE,MUTS,NEEM,NESS,NEST,NETE,NETS,NEUM,NUTS,SEEM,SEEN,SEES,SEME,SENE,SENS,SENT,SESE,SETS,SMEE,SMUT,SNEE,STEM,STEN,STUM,STUN,SUES,SUET,SUMS,SUNS,TEEM,TEEN,TEES,TEME,TEMS,TENE,TENS,TUMS,TUNE,TUNS,UMES,USES,UTES,

3-letter words (38 found)

EEN,EME,EMS,EMU,ENE,ENS,ESS,EST,MEE,MEN,MES,MET,MEU,MUN,MUS,MUT,NEE,NET,NUS,NUT,SEE,SEN,SET,SUE,SUM,SUN,SUS,TEE,TEN,TES,TUM,TUN,UME,UMS,UNS,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (15 found)

EE,EM,EN,ES,ET,ME,MU,NE,NU,ST,TE,UM,UN,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 200 words from tenesmus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tenesmus

tenesmus

Etymology

Borrowing from Medieval Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) +‎ -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪˈnɛz.məs/

Noun

tenesmus (countable and uncountable, plural tenesmuses)

  1. (medicine) A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness.

Derived terms

  • tenesmic

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

  • muteness

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) +‎ -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /teːˈnes.mus/, [t̪eːˈnɛs̠mʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈnes.mus/, [t̪eˈnɛzmus]

Noun

tēnesmus m (genitive tēnesmī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. (medicine) tenesmus

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Descendants


Source: wiktionary.org