sextans
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
Definition of sextans
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
- A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
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name
- A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.
noun
- (Ancient-Rome)A Roman coin worth one sixth of an as.
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Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical measuring implement)
Words you can make from sextans
97 playable · top: SEXTAN (13 pts)
Best play sextan 13 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
31 words- AXES 11 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- SEXT 11 pts
- ANES 4 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTS 4 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NAES 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NESS 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- SANE 4 pts
- SANS 4 pts
- SATE 4 pts
- SEAS 4 pts
- SEAT 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- SETS 4 pts
- STAN 4 pts
- TANS 4 pts
- TASE 4 pts
- TASS 4 pts
- TEAS 4 pts
- TENS 4 pts
3-letter words
28 words2-letter words
13 wordsFind your best play with sextans
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