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Is tercio a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tercio is a Scrabble US word. The word tercio is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is tercio a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tercio is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

T1E1R1C3I1O1

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6-letter words (2 found)

EROTIC,TERCIO,

5-letter words (6 found)

CITER,RECIT,RECTI,RECTO,TORIC,TRICE,

4-letter words (28 found)

CERO,CERT,CIRE,CITE,CITO,COIR,COIT,CORE,COTE,CRIT,ERIC,ETIC,ICER,OTIC,RICE,RIOT,RITE,ROTE,ROTI,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TIRO,TORC,TORE,TORI,TRIE,TRIO,

3-letter words (23 found)

CIT,COR,COT,ECO,ICE,IRE,ORC,ORE,ORT,REC,REI,REO,RET,RIT,ROC,ROE,ROT,TEC,TIC,TIE,TOC,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ET,IO,IT,OE,OI,OR,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from tercio according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tercio

tercio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tercio.

Noun

tercio (plural tercios)

  1. (bullfighting) Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
  2. (military) A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.

Anagrams

  • erotic, ictero-

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈteɾθjo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.θjo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈteɾsjo/ [ˈt̪eɾ.sjo]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eɾθjo
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -eɾsjo
  • Syllabification: ter‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tertius. Doublet of tercia.

Adjective

tercio (feminine tercia, masculine plural tercios, feminine plural tercias)

  1. (fractional number) third, one of three equal parts

Noun

tercio m (plural tercios)

  1. (fractional number) third, one of three equal parts
  2. (bullfighting) tercio
  3. 0.33 liter bottle of beer
    Coordinate term: caña
Usage notes
  • This word is used to express the denominator of a fraction:
  • The adjective tercero can also be used in this sense, but it should be accompanied by an auxiliary noun such as parte:
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

tercio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of terciar

Further reading

  • “tercio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org