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Is ursine a Scrabble word?

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

U1R1S1I1N1E1

Is ursine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ursine is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

U1R1S1I1N1E1

Is ursine a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ursine is a Words With Friends word. The word ursine is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2R1S1I1N2E1

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6-letter words (6 found)

ERINUS,INSURE,INURES,RUSINE,URINES,URSINE,

5-letter words (13 found)

INURE,NURSE,REINS,RESIN,RINES,RINSE,RISEN,RUINS,RUNES,SERIN,SIEUR,SIREN,URINE,

4-letter words (27 found)

ERNS,IRES,IURE,NIES,NURS,REIN,REIS,RENS,RINE,RINS,RISE,RUES,RUIN,RUNE,RUNS,RUSE,SEIR,SIEN,SINE,SIRE,SUER,SUNI,SURE,UNIS,URES,URNS,USER,

3-letter words (30 found)

ENS,ERN,ERS,INS,IRE,NIE,NIS,NUR,NUS,REI,REN,RES,RIN,RUE,RUN,SEI,SEN,SER,SIN,SIR,SRI,SUE,SUI,SUN,SUR,UNI,UNS,URE,URN,USE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ER,ES,IN,IS,NE,NU,RE,SI,UN,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 89 words from ursine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ursine

ursine

Etymology

Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.saɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɝsaɪn/, /ˈɝsɪn/
  • ,

Adjective

ursine (comparative more ursine, superlative most ursine)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
    • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 77, [3]
      […] we noted that a preponderance of the evidence supports an ursine origin for the giant panda.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae.
    • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 37, [4]
  3. (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.

Synonyms

  • bearlike
  • bearly

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Translations

Noun

ursine (plural ursines)

  1. (zoology) A bear.

Anagrams

  • insure, inures, nursie, rusine, urines

Latin

Adjective

ursīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of ursīnus

Source: wiktionary.org