What does CIRCUS mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈsɜrkəs/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
13
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals“he ran away from home to join the circus”
  2. a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals“the children always love to go to the circus”
  3. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment“it was so funny it was a circus”
  4. (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
  5. an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent“they used the elephants to help put up the circus”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

circuses12

Anagrams of CIRCUS

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside CIRCUS

12 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

cris6crus6curs6uric6cis5cur5sic5 sir3 sri3is2si2 us2

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Questions

Is CIRCUS a valid word in word games?

CIRCUS is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is CIRCUS worth?

CIRCUS is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from CIRCUS?

12 other words, including IS, US, SIR and SI.