scutellum

1. Botany Any of several shield-shaped structures, such as the cotyledon of a grass.

2. Zoology A shieldlike bony plate or scale, as on the thorax of some insects.

3. A hard plate or scale (as on the thorax of an insect or the tarsus of a bird).

4. The shield-shaped cotyledon of a monocotyledon (as a grass).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
scutellum	13	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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me	4
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um	4
us	2
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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tum	5
ulu	3
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ute	3
uts	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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stull	5
tells	5
tules	5
tulle	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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cultus	8
luteum	8
mulcts	10
mullet	8
muscle	10
mutuel	8
mutule	8
scutum	10
tulles	6

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
cullets	9
mullets	9
mutuels	9
mutules	9

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
scutellum	13