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Is acumen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acumen is a Scrabble US word. The word acumen is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is acumen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acumen is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word acumen is a Words With Friends word. The word acumen is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ACUMEN,

4-letter words (18 found)

ACME,ACNE,AMEN,ANCE,AUNE,CAME,CANE,CAUM,MACE,MANE,MAUN,MEAN,MENU,NAME,NAMU,NEMA,NEUM,UNCE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ACE,AME,AMU,ANE,AUE,CAM,CAN,CUE,CUM,EAN,EAU,ECU,EMU,MAC,MAE,MAN,MEN,MEU,MNA,MUN,NAE,NAM,UME,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AM,AN,EA,EM,EN,MA,ME,MU,NA,NE,NU,UM,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 57 words from acumen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acumen

acumen

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acūmen (“sharp point”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈækjʊmən/, /əˈkjuːmən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈkjumən/, /ˈækjəmən/
  • (US, rare) IPA(key): /æˈkjumən/, /ˈækjəˌmɛn/

Noun

acumen (usually uncountable, plural acumens or acumina)

  1. Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
    Synonyms: sharpness, penetration, keenness, shrewdness, acuteness, acuity, wit, foxiness, intelligence, canniness
  2. (botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
  3. (anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.

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Further reading

  • acumen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From acuō (“make sharp or pointed, sharpen”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix), from acus (“a needle, a pin”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkuː.men/, [äˈkuːmɛn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈku.men/, [äˈkuːmen]

Noun

acūmen n (genitive acūminis); third declension

  1. a sharpened point

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

  • acūminārius
  • acūminō

Related terms

Descendants

  • Galician: gume
  • Portuguese: gume
  • → English: acumen
  • → Italian: acume
  • → Portuguese: acume, acúmen
  • → Spanish: acumen

References

  • “acumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “acumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[7], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Noun

acumen m (plural acúmenes)

  1. acumen
  2. (botany) acumen

Further reading

  • “acumen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org