majuscule
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 27
- Letters
- 9
/ˈmædʒəskjuːl/
Definition of majuscule
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
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noun
- (countable)A capital letter, especially one used in ancient manuscripts.
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(uncountable)Capital letters.
“Up to this point, Loveday appeared to be an exceptionally typical undergraduate, in that he wrote in majuscule what his fellows scribbled in lower case.”
“But it is far from impossible that a scribe writing in minuscule should choose majuscule for a correction at this point: for example, if he had written u for n the only way to avoid all misunderstanding might be to indicate the correction with a capital letter.”
“Many of these strips are palimpsest and bear earlier writing in majuscule and old minuscule.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French majuscule, from Latin maiusculus.
Words you can make from majuscule
157 playable · top: JAMS (13 pts)
Best play jams 13 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
31 words- ACMES 9 pts
- CALMS 9 pts
- CAMEL 9 pts
- CAMES 9 pts
- CLAMS 9 pts
- CULMS 9 pts
- MACES 9 pts
- MACLE 9 pts
- MUCUS 9 pts
- MUSCA 9 pts
- SUMAC 9 pts
- ALECS 7 pts
- ALMES 7 pts
- ALUMS 7 pts
- AMUSE 7 pts
- CAULS 7 pts
- CAUSE 7 pts
- CLUES 7 pts
- LACES 7 pts
- LAMES 7 pts
- LUCES 7 pts
- LUMAS 7 pts
- MALES 7 pts
- MAULS 7 pts
- MEALS 7 pts
- MULES 7 pts
- SAUCE 7 pts
- SCALE 7 pts
- ULEMA 7 pts
- LUAUS 5 pts
- USUAL 5 pts
4-letter words
56 words- ACME 8 pts
- CALM 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CAMS 8 pts
- CLAM 8 pts
- CULM 8 pts
- CUMS 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- MACS 8 pts
- SCAM 8 pts
- SCUM 8 pts
- ACES 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALMS 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- AMUS 6 pts
- CALS 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CELS 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- EMUS 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LACS 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LAMS 6 pts
- LUCE 6 pts
- LUMA 6 pts
- LUMS 6 pts
- MAES 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MAUL 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MELS 6 pts
- MESA 6 pts
- MULE 6 pts
- MUSE 6 pts
- SAME 6 pts
- SEAM 6 pts
- SLAM 6 pts
- SLUM 6 pts
- ALES 4 pts
- LASE 4 pts
- LEAS 4 pts
- LUAU 4 pts
- LUES 4 pts
- SALE 4 pts
- SAUL 4 pts
- SEAL 4 pts
- SLUE 4 pts
- SULU 4 pts
- ULUS 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- JAM 12 pts
- JEU 10 pts
- JUS 10 pts
- CAM 7 pts
- CUM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMS 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAS 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MES 5 pts
- MUS 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SUM 5 pts
- UMS 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SAU 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
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