FreeScrabbleDictionary

hippocampus

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
29
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/
See all 3 pronunciations
/ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkæm.pəs/ · /ˌhɪpəˈkæm.pəs/ · /ˌhɪpoʊˈkæm.pəs/

Definition of hippocampus

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
See all 2 definitions

noun

  1. A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
  2. A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.
    “Holonyms: limbic system < brain < central nervous system, CNS”
    “The hippocampus is central to the laying down of memories.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Late Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”)). The anatomy sense is so named from its resemblance to the seahorse. By surface analysis, hippo- + campus.

Words you can make from hippocampus

200+ playable · top: CHUPPAS (16 pts)

Best play chuppas 16 points

7-letter words

5 words

6-letter words

34 words

5-letter words

77 words

4-letter words

83 words

Find your best play with hippocampus

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes hippocampus, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.

Find more plays Browse word lists