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Yes. The word thesaurus is a Scrabble US word. The word thesaurus is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word thesaurus is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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

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9-letter words (1 found)

THESAURUS,

8-letter words (1 found)

HAUTEURS,

7-letter words (6 found)

AUTEURS,HAUTEUR,RASHEST,SHASTER,SUTURES,TRASHES,

6-letter words (56 found)

AHURUS,ARUHES,ASHETS,ASSERT,ASSURE,ASTERS,AUREUS,AUTEUR,EARTHS,ESTRUS,HASTES,HATERS,HAUSES,HAUTER,HEARTS,HEASTS,HURSTS,HUSSAR,RASHES,REASTS,RHESUS,RHUSES,RUSHES,RUSSET,SAUTES,SHARES,SHEARS,SHURAS,SHUTES,STARES,STEARS,STRAES,SUHURS,SURAHS,SURATS,SUREST,SUTRAS,SUTURE,TARSUS,TASERS,TASHES,THUSES,TUSHES,TUSSAH,TUSSAR,TUSSEH,TUSSER,TUSSUR,URAEUS,URASES,URATES,URUSES,USHERS,USURES,UTASES,UTERUS,

5-letter words (96 found)

AHURU,ARETS,ARSES,ARUHE,ASHES,ASHET,ASSET,ASTER,AURES,EARST,EARTH,EASTS,ERHUS,HAETS,HARES,HARTS,HASTE,HATER,HATES,HAUSE,HAUTE,HEARS,HEART,HEAST,HEATS,HESTS,HUERS,HURST,HURTS,RASES,RASSE,RATES,RATHE,RATHS,RATUS,REAST,RESAT,RESTS,RESUS,RHEAS,RUSAS,RUSES,RUSSE,RUSTS,RUTHS,SARUS,SASER,SATES,SAUTE,SAUTS,SEARS,SEATS,SHARE,SHEAR,SHEAS,SHETS,SHURA,SHUTE,SHUTS,STARE,STARS,STASH,STEAR,STRAE,STURE,SUERS,SUETS,SUHUR,SURAH,SURAS,SURAT,SURES,SUTRA,TAHRS,TARES,TASER,TASES,TASSE,TEARS,TEHRS,TERAS,THARS,THRAE,TRASH,TRASS,TRESS,TRUES,TRUSS,TSARS,URASE,URATE,UREAS,URSAE,USERS,USHER,USURE,

4-letter words (108 found)

ARES,ARET,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EAST,EATH,EATS,EAUS,ERAS,ERHU,ERST,ESTS,ETAS,ETHS,HAES,HAET,HARE,HART,HASS,HAST,HATE,HATS,HAUT,HEAR,HEAT,HERS,HEST,HETS,HUER,HUES,HURT,HUSS,HUTS,RAHS,RASE,RASH,RAST,RATE,RATH,RATS,RATU,REHS,RESH,REST,RETS,RHEA,RHUS,RUES,RUSA,RUSE,RUSH,RUST,RUTH,RUTS,SARS,SASH,SATE,SAUT,SEAR,SEAS,SEAT,SERA,SERS,SESH,SETA,SETS,SHAT,SHEA,SHES,SHET,SHUT,STAR,SUER,SUES,SUET,SURA,SURE,SUSU,TAES,TAHR,TARE,TARS,TASE,TASH,TASS,TAUS,TEAR,TEAS,TEHR,THAE,THAR,THRU,THUS,TRES,TRUE,TSAR,TUSH,UREA,URES,URSA,URUS,USER,USES,UTAS,UTES,UTUS,

3-letter words (61 found)

AHS,ARE,ARS,ART,ASH,ASS,ATE,ATS,AUE,EAR,EAS,EAT,EAU,EHS,ERA,ERS,ESS,EST,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAS,HAT,HER,HES,HET,HUE,HUT,RAH,RAS,RAT,REH,RES,RET,RUE,RUT,SAE,SAR,SAT,SAU,SEA,SER,SET,SHA,SHE,SUE,SUR,SUS,TAE,TAR,TAS,TAU,TEA,TES,THE,URE,USE,UTA,UTE,UTS,UTU,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AH,AR,AS,AT,EA,EH,ER,ES,ET,HA,HE,RE,SH,ST,TA,TE,UH,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 351 words from thesaurus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of thesaurus

thesaurus

Etymology

16th century, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs

Noun

thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)

  2. A publication, traditionally in the form of a printed book and now often online, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
  4. (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  6. (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
    Coordinate terms: catalogue, controlled vocabulary, index

Synonyms

  • synonymicon

Derived terms

  • metathesaurus
  • thesaural

Translations

See also

  • ontology
  • Wiktionary's thesaurus
  • Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification
  • Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus
  • Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II

Further reading

  • “thesaurus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “thesaurus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • OneLook Thesaurus in OneLook, 2023

Latin

Alternative forms

  • thensaurus (pre-Classical)
  • tēsaurus, tēsōrus (Low Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰeːˈsau̯.rus/, [t̪ʰeːˈs̠äu̯rʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈsau̯.rus/, [t̪eˈs̬äːu̯rus]

Noun

thēsaurus m (genitive thēsaurī); second declension

  1. treasure, hoard
  2. a dear friend, loved one
  3. a vault for treasure
  4. chest, strongbox
  5. repository, collection

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • thēsaurārius
  • thēsaurensis
  • thēsaurizātor
  • thēsaurizō

Descendants

References

  • “thesaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “thesaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • thesaurus 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)
  • thesaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “thesaurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “thesaurus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

thesaurus m (plural thesauri or thesaurus)

  1. thesaurus (dictionary of synonyms)
    Synonyms: tesauro, (Portugal) dicionário de sinónimos, (Brazil) dicionário de sinônimos

Source: wiktionary.org