effuse

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Is effuse a Scrabble word?

✓Yes, effuse is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

adj (English)

1. (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.Examples: "an effuse inflorescence"

2. (zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To emit; to give off.transitive

2. (figuratively) To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.figuratively

3. (intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.Examples: "With gushing blood effused."intransitive

4. (intransitive) To leak out through a small hole.intransitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) effusion; lossExamples: "Much effuse of blood."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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