orcus
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɔːrkəs/
Definition of orcus
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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(Roman)The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.
“Then ſhall our footmen lie within the trench, And with their Cannons mouth’d like Orcus gulfe Batter the wales, and we will enter in: And thus the Grecians ſhalbe conquered.”
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(Roman)The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.
“Then ſhall our footmen lie within the trench, And with their Cannons mouth’d like Orcus gulfe Batter the wales, and we will enter in: And thus the Grecians ſhalbe conquered.”
- A plutino and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet; sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”. Its moon is Vanth.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogre and orc.
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