sestertius
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Definition of sestertius
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (historical)A large bronze or (rarely) small silver coin minted during the Roman Republic and Empire, valued at two and a half asses (a quarter of a denarius).
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Etymology
From Latin sēstertius (“that is two-and-a-half”), from sēmis (“half”) + tertius (“third”), in which “third” refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third.
Words you can make from sestertius
200+ playable · top: TESSITURE (9 pts)
Best play tessiture 9 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
9 words7-letter words
26 words- ISSUERS 7 pts
- REISSUE 7 pts
- RESISTS 7 pts
- RESITES 7 pts
- RETESTS 7 pts
- RISUSES 7 pts
- RUSSETS 7 pts
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- SETTERS 7 pts
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- TISSUES 7 pts
- TRESSES 7 pts
- TRUSSES 7 pts
- TRUSTEE 7 pts
- TSETSES 7 pts
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6-letter words
52 words- ESTERS 6 pts
- ESTRUS 6 pts
- ISSUER 6 pts
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- REESTS 6 pts
- RESETS 6 pts
- RESIST 6 pts
- RESITE 6 pts
- RESITS 6 pts
- RETEST 6 pts
- RETIES 6 pts
- RETUSE 6 pts
- REUSES 6 pts
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- TUTEES 6 pts
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5-letter words
60 words- ERSES 5 pts
- ESSES 5 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- ISSUE 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
- RESES 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RESTS 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- REUSE 5 pts
- RISES 5 pts
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- RITES 5 pts
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- RUSTS 5 pts
- SEERS 5 pts
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- SETTS 5 pts
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- SIREE 5 pts
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- TRUSS 5 pts
- TRUST 5 pts
- TUTEE 5 pts
- USERS 5 pts
- UTERI 5 pts
- UTTER 5 pts
4-letter words
51 words- ERST 4 pts
- ESES 4 pts
- ESSE 4 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- RUST 4 pts
- RUTS 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SEES 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
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- SETS 4 pts
- SETT 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
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- TEES 4 pts
- TEST 4 pts
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- TIER 4 pts
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- TITS 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- TUTS 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
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