CERCUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CERCUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CERCUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERCUS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERCUS
No single letter turns CERCUS into another word.
How CERCUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CERCUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does CERCUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
One of a pair of small feelers at the rear end of the abdomen of an insect or other arthropod.
The cercus is a sense organ found at the tail end of many insects, including crickets, cockroaches and mayflies. It picks up air movements and vibrations, which is why a cockroach can dodge a hand before it lands. In some species, earwigs for example, the pair is modified into pincers. The plural form is cerci, and the word is Greek in origin, meaning tail.
How CERCUS is used
Entomology term; nearly always met in the plural, cerci.
- Each cercus is covered in fine sensory hairs.
- The cockroach reacted to the draught through its cercus.
- Under the microscope, the left cercus looked longer than the right.
- A single cercus was missing from the specimen.
- The entomologist measured the length of the cercus in millimetres.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERCUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CERCUS
The 6 tiles of CERCUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CERCUS
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Common questions about CERCUS
- Is CERCUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CERCUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CERCUS worth?
- CERCUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERCUS mean?
- One of a pair of small feelers at the rear end of the abdomen of an insect or other arthropod.
- What letters can be added to CERCUS?
- No single letter can be added to CERCUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CERCUS:
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